Photographed in 1974, freshly excavated 2000 year old Terracotta warriors still showing the original color scheme before rapid deterioration

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image showing Photographed in 1974, freshly excavated 2000 year old Terracotta warriors still showing the original color scheme before rapid deterioration

jlevy1126 on June 28th, 2021 at 19:55 UTC »

I had no idea they ever had color. This is just as shocking to me as when I learned that the Easter island heads had buried bodies!

My_Diet_DrKelp on June 28th, 2021 at 20:52 UTC »

Blows my fuckin mind they were all individual statues

Ven-Xen-Ben on June 28th, 2021 at 21:06 UTC »

The whole army must have been mind blowing painted in colour. I bet they looked like real warriors