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In 206BC the first emperor of China, Shi Huang-te, decreed that after his death his body should be clothed in jade, cast adrift in a lake of mercury within a pyramid, and protected by an eternal army. In 1974, the first of 7000 lifesize terracotta warriors were discovered, but why were they there?Cotterell, Maurice is the author of 'Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor's Army', published 2003 under ISBN 9780747271338 and ISBN 074727133X.
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