The complex includes two main burial mounds, 86 smaller burial pits, and a criminals’ graveyard.
21 pits are open to the public and contain over 50,000 miniature terracotta figures (about 50 cm / 20 inches), depicting daily life at court—eunuchs, servants, animals, and tools.
If cleared of soil and vegetation, this is how the Yangling Mausoleum would appear.
It is a truncated pyramid measuring 170 meters (about 558 feet) per side.