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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2007-09-10 02:54 pm
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Terracotta Warriors

Someone, or some group (ZZ9?), I know recently proposed a visit to the Terracotta Warriors, but my brain is taffy at present and likely to remain so for some time.

If anyone remembers who it was, please tell me as I'd very much like to see them.
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[identity profile] aeglefinus.livejournal.com 2007-09-10 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It was the ZZ9ers talking in Cambridge about other places to slouch about.
You would have to check with DougS to see if he decided to go with that idea and set a date for a visit.

It is on at the British Museum from Thursday until next April. It costs twelve quid.
See http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whats_on/future_exhibitions/first_emperor.aspx

Next Tuesday there is a documentary on BBC2 about them.

China's Terracotta Army
Tuesday 18 September
7:00pm - 8:00pm
BBC2
Documentary following the making of the British Museum's biggest exhibition in a generation and telling the story of its subject, the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi, who founded the world's oldest political entity and created the spectacular Terracotta Army to guard his vast tomb. Dan Snow follows museum curator Jane Portal and the design team as they create the exhibition, and travels to China to see the original Great Wall, the sacred mountain Tai Shan and the necropolis at Xian.
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[identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com 2007-09-10 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It might be a good idea to fix a date - they've sold 100,000 advance tickets already.
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[personal profile] julesjones 2007-09-10 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanted to go and see this, and I'm starting to wonder if I'll be able to drag Other Half to London to do so, so maybe we should think about doing it sometime next week...

[identity profile] ex-the-major316.livejournal.com 2007-09-10 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to go too - after the initial crowds have pushed their way through.

Do let us know if a group type event happens :)
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[identity profile] nerosmaster.livejournal.com 2007-09-10 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
There is also a BBC series starting next May behind the scenes at the British Museum, one of the episodes of which is supposed to have something about how the museum managed to get this exhibition.

I was vaguely planning on going on a Thursday late afternoon (they are open late Thursday and Friday) when it might have less crowds.
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