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Whose tomb was excavated near Xi'an?

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Excavations begun in 1974 some 20 mi (32 km) northeast of Xi'an at the tomb of Shih Huang-ti (emperor, 221-c.209 BC) uncovered an army of 6,000 life-size figures in battle formation.

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