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XIAN - The Terracotta Soldiers -- October 12,2013

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November 18th 2013
Xi'an -- Terracotta Soldiers In 1974 farmers digging a well were startled to uncover an intact, full sized clay head. Their surprise was nothing compared to what the archaeologists who began to uncover an army of thousands of life sized terracotta soldiers guarding the tomb of the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang (246 - 209 BC). Over 7,000 life sized figures have been uncovered -- warr ... read more

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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