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Events on Friday 29 March 1974 1
1974Terracotta Army discoveredFarmers unearth Qin Shi Huang's buried armyFarmers digging a well near Xi'an uncovered fragments of the buried terracotta army guarding the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Excavation revealed thousands of life-sized clay soldiers, becoming one of the great archaeological finds of the 20th century.