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Elaborate Tomb  
   

Elaborate Tomb

As you can see from this picture, the tomb had a tiled floor. It also had reinforced walls and a wooden roof. In other parts that remain to be excavated are supposed to be recreations of Qin's palace and kingdom, complete with booby traps and a river of mercury!
Terracotta Turnover

July 27th 2010
On my way to Xian, I took a much needed layover in Taiyuan. I was able to clean up after my stint in the mountains and take care of a few errands. There, I visited the Shanxi Museum, which had one of the best collections I've seen. Artifacts over 4000 years old from China's first traces of civilization were impressive. Also on display were exquisite examples of ancient Chinese porcelain, currency, ... read more
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