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| Over 8000 (!) terracota soldiers and 500 horses (not to mention 130 chariots) were found as recently as 1974, discovered by a farmer digging a water well. Now, the farmer lives the near-bourgeois life of collecting money at the site, to take a photo with you and give you his autograph. He is a hero to most Chinese. |
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| This army was built by the First Emperor of China to be buried with him, to protect him in his afterlife. Click HERE to see the burial site. |
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| Drawing the soldiers |
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| Spitting image of the soldiers |
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| You, too, could buy these and take them home with you. |
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| The more delicate sculptures, in the on-site museum. |
June 9, 2011
