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A replica of a Terracotta Warrior, taken in this photo on Jan. 10, stands at 7th and Broad streets advertising the exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

A replica of a Terracotta Warrior, taken in this photo on Jan. 10, stands at 7th and Broad streets advertising the exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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They were life-size terracotta depictions of soldiers protecting Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, and buried with him in Xi’an in 210 BCE to protect him in the afterlife.