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Marvel at the Terracotta Warriors
Staring out from the millennia on the outskirts of Xi'an, the silent Terracotta
Warriors (
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) are one of China's most astounding artistic achieve-
ments. The warriors stand as an embodiment of the towering creativity of Qin-
dynasty craftsmen. Yet they also represent the overarching megalomania of
the emperor whose unexcavated tomb they protect, a mausoleum inside which
- legends insist - flowed rivers of mercury.
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