Thousands of life-size clay soldiers guarding China’s first emperor.
Qin Shi Huang, who unified China in 221 BCE, was buried in a vast mausoleum near Xi’an. In 1974 farmers digging a well struck the first of several pits holding thousands of life-size terracotta warriors, horses and chariots.
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