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The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China

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Lintong County, People’s Republic of China, March 1974

Three farmers are digging a well when suddenly their shovels hit something hard. This is a clay head of a mad who stares back at them, open-eyed and amazingly real looking. The farmers have never seen anything adore it; neither have the archeologists who arrive and being to uncover increasingly more pottery men—first dozens, then hundres and eventually thousands! Buried for more than 2,200 years, they’re soldiers, life-size in addition to life-like, and they stand at attention as if waiting for the command to charge into battle. The only thing missing is their weapons, and soon those are found too—thousands of real bronze swords, daggers, and arrowheads still so sharp they may be able to split a hair.

Now, after almost thirty years of ongoing excavation, a buried army of 7,500 terracotta soldiers and horses has emerged. And this site that three farmers unintentionally stumbled upon ranks at the side of the Great Pyramids in Egypt as one of the crucial true wonders of the ancient world.

The Emperor’s Silent Army features more than forty full-color photos that showcase the terracotta troops. A vivid and engaging text tells all about the army in addition to the bizarre story of the men who commanded its creation—the ruthless and tyrannical first emperor of China.

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