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The discovery of the terra-cotta soldiers is related in two biographies of Shih huang-ti: Arthur Cotterell, The First Emperor of China (1981); and R.W.L. Guisso et al., The First Emperor of China (1989), a well-illustrated work. Edmund Capon, Qin Shihuang (1982), covers the background of the figures. O. Louis Mazzatenta, “China’s Warriors Rise from the Earth,” National Geographic, 190(4):68–84 (October 1996), is also recommended.

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Modified link of Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. Dec 23, 2024
Links added. Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Tomb of the First Emperor. Oct 12, 2022
Added "Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor" as an alternate article title. Apr 05, 2018
Add new Web site: LiveScience - The Secret Tomb of China's 1st Emperor: Will We Ever See Inside? Jan 27, 2016
Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum. Jan 27, 2016
Add new Web site: National Geographic - History - Emperor Qin's Tomb. Jan 27, 2016
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Terracotta Warriors from the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China. Jan 27, 2016
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Secret Tomb of the First Chinese Emperor Remains an Unopened Treasure. Jan 27, 2016
Media added. Dec 09, 2015
Added photograph. Nov 21, 2011
Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin. Sep 05, 2008
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Mar 23, 1999
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