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Doorways in Time: The Great Archaeological Finds -- 3: The Terracotta Army & the Tomb of Qin

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Great Wall of China - The First Emperor of China

The first chin emperor built a massive underground mausoleum complex near capital in shian. He reportedly brought together thousands of workers from all around the empire, put them to work on building the enormous mausolem complex. And then, after he died, many of them were put to death or buried inside this underground necropolis. His main mausoleums with his bronze tomb was then buried under a massive earthwork pyramid mound that still remainsto ay.

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