The Terracotta Army - Man, John
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The incredible story of China's greatest archaeological treasure, this details the original history of the Terracotta Army and the story of its discovery in 1974. Ties in with the recent exhibition at the British Museum.
6,000 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China - each is individually carved, and they are thought to represent real members of the emperor's army.

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The incredible story of China's greatest archaeological treasure, this details the original history of the Terracotta Army and the story of its discovery in 1974. Ties in with the recent exhibition at the British Museum.
6,000 life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China - each is individually carved, and they are thought to represent real members of the emperor's army.
Autorenporträt
John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. John has written acclaimed and highly successful biographies of Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun and Kublai Khan as well as Alpha Beta, on the history of the alphabet, and The Gutenberg Revolution, on the invention of printing.