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| CHINA |
| Xi'an |
| Terra-Cotta Warrior Museum |
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This is the
greatest find of the 20th century when a group of peasants
digging a well in 1974 unearthed the burial ground of the first
emperor of China - Qin Shi Huang - who unified the country during
Qin Dynasty BC 221-206. The site is located 1.5 kilometers (1
mile) east of the Qin Mausoleum. The emperor's terra cotta
warrior was found in three underground timber lined vaults. Pit 1
contained chariots and ranks of six thousand soldiers. Pit 2 held
fourteen hundred figures of cavalrymen, horses and infantrymen,
along with ninety wooden chariots. Pit 3 contained about seventy
figures. The Qin Terra-Cotta Museum, a hangar-like building
constructed over Pit 1, the place of the original discovery in
1974 was opened in 1979. Later in October 1994, Pit 2 opened to
the public. The museum is a stunning display that every visitor
to China should see.
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| Nice
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| The unopened tomb
of an emperor outside the museum |
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