The Terracotta Army
You're Dead to Me
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Ancient Chinese Ideas About the After Life
There's a huge range and richness of objects found in the emperor's burial complex. And these objects give us a good idea of what he himself saw as important. There's his army of body guard s, plus hundreds of sets of armor made of stone tiles. There are statues of stable boys, charioteers, chariots horses, plus real live hay and straw and skeletons of actual horses. A pit of terra cotta officials, so you'll have bureaucrats to your state in the after life,. shough there is still tax after death, i'm afraid. Yes, we hear a lot about the terracotta warriors, but no enough about the terra cutta account
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