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T is for Terra Cotta Statues

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The terra cotta statues represent soldiers and animals used in war. In 1974, thousands of clay figures of people and horses were discovered near Xian in burial pits near the tomb of China's first emperor. These figures, which are the earliest known life-sized Chinese sculptures, date from the 200 B.C.

By Tyler

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