Found in 1974, China’s Terracotta Army of 8,099 clay warriors and horses, were buried with Emperor Qin Shihuang around 210 - 209 BC and were meant to protect the emperor in the afterlife. Well it turns out that the horses and warriors were constructed in different locations, based on analysis of pollen found in fragments of terracotta that were collected from the clay figures.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/01/29/terracottaarmy_arc.html?category=archaeology&\1guid=20070129091500
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How cool! I can never get over how many full sized sculptures they packed into one tomb -- all underground too, right?
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