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The Terracotta Army

You're Dead to Me

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The Mausoleum of an Emperor Obsessed With Living Forever

Mausoleum of an emperor obsessed with living for ever came out around the same time as be the bijis staying alive e thing tast night, i thng thing. Everything is connected. Fiadis all cosmically connected. The area that the mausoleum complex occupies below the ground is about 56 square kilometers. So the pits containing the famous terracotta warriors are only a small part of this complex. Is an artificial mound covering the emperor's tomb. Today it looks like a forested pyramid about 65 meters high, 350 square meters at the base. And at the time of the emperor's death, this pyramid would have been surrounded by walls and covered with buildings

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