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The Terracotta Army is a collection of life-size terracotta figures of soldiers, horses, and war chariots that accompanied the monumental mausoleum complex of China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuangdi (259–210 BCE). Discovered by chance in Lintong in 1974, these figures were placed in pits surrounding the burial mound in battle formation, intended to ensure that the emperor would continue to rule in the afterlife. Comprising approximately seven thousand warriors, horses, musicians, and attendants, t