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Shards to be Restored
This ongoing dig trench gave us a glimpse of the condition in which the warriors are generally found. Unimaginable how many hours go into restoration.
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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