Xian 2003

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Unexcavated area in pit 3.
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Pete overlooking pit 3.
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If you're going to make a Terra Cotta army you've got to break a few statues.
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Flash photography is prohibited (but curiously common).
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Standing archer or Gong Fu practitioner?
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A general.
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Another view of the general.
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Kneeling archer. All the figures we painted, but the color fades within 3 days of excavation. New techniques may preserve the colors in the future on new excavations.
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More pieces and parts. You can make out the body of a horse in the top right quadrant.
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Most of the broken statues were excavated that way, not broken during the excavation.
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The grounds of the warrior museum.
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Pit 2 had some more interesting stuff. Whole statues in their original groupings and placement.