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Life-Size Soldiers
So far nearly 2,000 figures have been excavated and restored. There are expected to be thousands more still buried.
China Blog #13 -Xi'an Terracotta Warriors
September 10th 2010 Welcome to Xi'an - the last stop on Jill's China express. The highlight was a visit to see the famed Terracotta Warriors. In 1974, while tilliing his fields a farmer began to uncover shards of what was thought to be ancient pottery. As more and more pieces appeared it became clear that what he had found was not simply the remains of a village burial site, but something much bigger. I remember hear
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
