Terracotta Army, China

Standing guard over the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, the Terracotta Army is like no other archeological site in the world.

Thousands upon thousands of life-sized warriors, each with a unique face, stand in rows, where they have stood since they were buried here in the 3rd century BC.

It is estimated that some 700,000 workers were involved in the creation of the site, which is thought to have approximately 8,000 clay warriors.

The site remained undiscovered for millenniums, until a farmer was digging a well in the 1970s and uncovered the treasure. Some of the site remains intentionally not excavated, but you can't help but be more than impressed by the massive army that stands before you.