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The Terracotta Army was discovered in 1974, when China was still under the Maoist Cultural Revolution. But still, it was successfully archeologically excavated. How did the archeology and the preservation of it was like in such a political environment?

by /u/bluerobot27 in /r/AskHistorians

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