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Archaeology lovers all over the world have undoubtedly heard of the famous terracotta army discovered in the 1970s in Xi'an, in northwest China. Peasants accidentally stumbled upon fragments of ceramics when digging a well. For more than 2 thousand years, about 8000 statues of warriors who accompanied the first Chinese emperor to the afterlife were underground, in complete oblivion. Every year millions of tourists from different countries come to see the impressive archaeological monument. But few people realize what a chilling secret the fascinating history of the Terracotta Army keeps.