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| A regiment of some 6,000 life-size terracotta figures stands in eternal vigilance in the tomb of the Chinese emperor Shi Huangdi, who died in 210 bc. The Chinese historian Sima Qian, writing in the 2nd to 1st century bc, described with great accuracy an underground palace beneath a burial mound, and archaeological excavations have confirmed that this is indeed the mausoleum to which he was referring. | ||||||
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