qin shi huang was the ranking official who ordered the terracotta army to be built.
what ranking official ordered the terracotta army to be built?
qin shi huang
a collection of 120 objects from the mausoleum and 12 terracotta warriors were displayed at the british museum in london as its special exhibition "the first emperor: china's terracotta army" from 13 september 2007 to april 2008. this exhibition made 2008 the british museum's most successful year and made the british museum the united kingdom's top cultural attraction between 2007 and 2008. the exhibition brought the most visitors to the museum since the king tutankhamun exhibition in 1972. it was reported that the 400,000 advance tickets sold out so fast that the museum extended its opening hours until midnight. according to "the times", many people had to be turned away, despite the extended hours. during the day of events to mark the chinese new year, the crush was so intense that the gates to the museum had to be shut. the terracotta army has been described as the only other set of historic artifacts (along with the remnants of wreck of the rms "titanic") that can draw a crowd by the name alone.
terracotta army
cao wei (curator)





























cao wei () is a chinese professor of archaeology. he is currently serving as the chief curator of the terracotta army museum in xi'an, china. in 2010, he and his archaeological team received the prince of asturias awards in social sciences.





























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in 2012, he welcomed myanmar's president thein sein to the terracotta army museum. in 2013, he accompanied south korea's president park geun-hye and her delegation to visit the terracotta army.





























in 2014, he led us first lady michelle obama through the archeological site.





























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cao wei (curator)