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More than a dozen Chinese terra cotta warriors crafted more than 2,000 years ago to protect their emperor in the afterlife have arrived in the United States with a very different mission: cultural ambassadors.
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Julie Lee, Bowers Museum registrar and collections assistant, unwraps the face of a horse as terra cotta statues are unpacked for the exhibition “Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor,” at the museum in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday,...
