China 2002 photo gallery / xian 1 warriors far pit 1 2002-06-08 S300- 067 copy (c) David J. and Linda A. Cornfield 9/29/2002

Pit no. 1 conains 11 parallel corridors containing warriors in battle order facing east. The army was created under the rule of Qin, the first emperor of a reunited China in 246 B.C.