Terracotta army arrives in the UK
China Daily | Updated: 2007-08-23 07:10
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The first of the Terracotta army figures that will be exhibited at the British Museum are carefully unpacked from its cargo case in the Round Reading Room of the museum in central London on Tuesday. The figure is one of 120 objects that will grace the exhibition which opens to the public on September 13. The objects are the largest group to be seen outside of China. AP |
LONDON: The Standing Archer rose out of the darkness for the second time in over 2,000 years yesterday, freed from the traveling case in which he shared the indignity of any modern traveler, of being bumped from his flight and forced to wait an extra 24 hours at a busy airport.
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