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The terracotta warriors museum is 42 km away from xian city, choose a way to visit. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210209 bce, to protect the emperor in his afterlife the archaeological site and museum is in xian, shaanxi province, china. Terracotta warriors from the mausoleum of the first qin emperor of china qin shihuang, c. Terracotta army the terra cotta warriors and horses of the first emperor of china. Practical building conservation is a tenpart series that looks at the conservation of building materials and systems.
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