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Terracotta Warriors
by David Hamments

Terra Cotta Warriors..... an army of these lifesize soldiers was unearthed in a farmer's field near Xian, China... an amazing story worth reading.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army

Terracotta Warriors
Terracotta Warriors
by David Hamments

... and their horses. This amazing army of unique clay soldiers was only recently discovered by a farmer near Xian, China. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are life size terracotta sculptures created more than 2000 years ago to be buried with Emperor Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor. They were discovered in March, 1974 by farmers who were digging a well in the Shaanxi Province, about 99 miles east of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb at Mount Li in China.

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