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BBC History Magazine

Dead reckoning

JAMES LIN is impressed by a scholarly but readable look at what the tombs of ancient Chinese people reveal about past and contemporary beliefs and culture

This insightful book examines how one of the major political and economic powers of the 21st century came into being, using archaeological evidence, surviving records and texts discovered in recent excavations. Eleven tombs

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