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| | Xi'an on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Xianyang, one of several cities that have occupied this site, was (255-206 BC) the capital of the Ch'in dynasty. |
 | | Excavations begun in 1974 some 20 mi (32 km) northeast of Xi'an at the tomb of Shih Huang-ti (emperor, 221-c.209 BC) uncovered an army of 6,000 life-size figures in battle formation. |
 | | The 1990s brought the discovery nearby of some 800 royal tombs from the Han era, some containing hundreds of miniature clay soldiers, and the remains of sacrificial temples. |
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