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Terracotta warrior has feet of clay…
You know those “performance artists” you see in various public places, who hold perfectly still and try to make you think they’re a statue? It turns out one of them isn’t quite as good as he thought he was.
The guy sneaked into a pit housing around 2,000 ancient lifesize pottery warriors and horses in Xian, China, donned the military costume he had made himself, and took up a position on a small pedestal he had brought along. It took a whole couple of minutes for him to be discovered. Here is the story:
Warriors, or just very clever performance artists? Tomb No. 1, the largest of the three pits where China’s army of terracotta soldiers are buried, at a museum located about 25 miles from the ancient capital of Xian in northern China. in a 2004 photo. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev
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The Wall
When the Emperor says, “Simon says, Freeze,” people listen.
I’m so tired of the back of that guy’s head.
I wonder what’s on the wall that’s so interesting.
Still more interesting than was Welcome Back Cotta.
At least I wasn’t frozen in Travolta’s signature Saturday Night Fever pose.