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August 21st 2008
Published: November 9th 2008
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In the early spring of 1974, local farmers - Peiyan Yang, Zhifa Yang, and Quanyi Yang - of XiYang village were drilling a series of wells in search of water. To their surprise, they discovered some pottery fragments and ancient bronze weapons.... no one ever expected that this accidental discovery would turn over a miraculous and brilliant leaf in history nor that it would unfold such a unique an... Read Full Entry



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Lisa Van Muyen
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9th November 2008

Mom
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WOW
I always wanted to see these terra-cotta warriors – so now I have – through your eyes ! Imagine being the person to find them - pretty scary finding those painted faces peering up at you from the earth !
11th November 2008

Uncle John
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A very interesting piece of history.
Your pics are truely amazing, suprised you could actually get up close and personal with the warriors. Curiously why were they buried? Uncle John
12th November 2008

DAD
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TOTALLY INCREDIBLE.....WOW...
21st November 2008

larry
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terracotta
the pictures turned out great. can't believe we were actually there.

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