China Excavating Tomb to Reveal More Terra Cotta Warriors

China is expanding the ranks of the famed Terra Cotta Warrior army with new excavations expected to yield hundreds more of the ancient life-size figures. The museum overseeing the vast mausoleum of China's first emperor says it began work March 30 on the tomb's No. 2 pit, which is smaller in scale but believed to be richer in archaeological value than the already-excavated No. 1 pit. Along with 1,400 warrior and horse statues, the pit is believed to contain 89 war chariots and...

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