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China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
By Yang, Liu
- ISBN
- 9780980048490
- Publisher
- Minneapolis Inst.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2013 | Arts and Humanities
The 1974 discovery of numerous larger-than-life pottery warriors in China's Shaanxi Province near the tomb of the first Qin dynasty emperor began an astonishing archaeological excavation that has received wide attention ever since. Taking the custom of burying items for use in the afterlife further than either his forebears or his successors, Qin Shihuang (269–210 B.C.E) planned a tomb complex supp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
