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Have you seen the clay soldiers in Xi’an’s terracotta museum? Do you know the t1． colors of them? More than 2, 000 years ago, Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, ordered people to build the Terracotta Army. He hoped that the army would g2． him after he died.

In 1974, some farmers found several clay soldiers by a3．. In Xj’an. After that, about 8,000 more were 4． (find) by archeologists (考古学家). Today, the clay soldiers in Xi’an’s terracotta museum are light brown. But they weren’t always this color. When they were made, they had the colors of white. green, blue, red, purple and yellow. 5． (Sad), most of the colors disappeared today.

An area with more than a hundred clay soldiers was discovered by archeologists a few years ago. Many of them still had black hair, pink faces and black or brown eyes when they were discovered. If they were not protected well, their colors would disappear, too. After a clay soldier was found, archeologists used two steps to k6． its color. First, they sprayed (a special “water” on it. Then, they c7． it in plastic.

Archeologists are 8． (face) a new challenge now. They are going to find a way to put the colors onto the clay soldiers again. If they s9． in doing it, people will be able to see what the clay soldiers originally looked l10．. It must be very amazing.