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The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army Book
Legend has it that in 206BC the first emperor of unified China, Shi Huang-te, decreed that after his death his body should be clothed in jade, cast adrift in a lake of mercury within a pyramid, and protected by an everlasting army. In 1974, archaeologists discovered the first of more than 7000 lifesize terracotta warriors buried near the pyramid tomb of Shi Huang-te, confirming that the legend was more than a myth. But why were the massive soldiers, each weighing more than half a tonne, buried there at all? Was it simply to guard the emperor in the afterlife? Or was there more to the legend?Read More
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- 074727133X
- 9780747271338
- Maurice M. Cotterell
- 3 February 2003
- Headline Book Publishing
- Paperback (Book)
- 298
- illustrated edition
- Illustrated
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