Secrets of ancient Chinese tombs
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The Terracotta Warriors and the First Emperor's Tomb
The first emperor's tomb is an enormous mound it's 55 meters high and underneath there is a deep pit no one has excavated it but the chinese have done what they call coring digging. In those are huge numbers of horses some live horses that were killed some model horses in those are people who are training as members of the army they're wrestlers. There's also a lovely water course with birds made of bronze and you asked a bit about or thought a bit about how people made contact from central asia or western asia i think we need and hope for more information over time about the contacts of the first emperor both going east to the other states that he conquered and going
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