China, part 1: Xi'an

Imagine, if you will, row after row of terracotta warrior statues, over 6000 of them, with possibly many more still in the ground. Even more impressive, they were made two millennia ago. And the most impressive. . . each of them has a different face, both in features and expression; no mass production here. Plus 200 or so archers and longbow guys. Horsies too. Some have called it “the major archaeological discovery of the 20th century.” Take that, King Tut.