Some terracotta warriors just teenagers
China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-14 07:57
Left: A beardless terracotta soldier is on display in the terracotta army museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Right: The beard of a terracotta soldier can be clearly seen as the statue was unearthed by workers. Feng Guo |
XI'AN: Beardless warriors have been discovered among China's terracotta army, providing evidence that some of the soldiers were teenagers when the statues were created more than 2,000 years ago.
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