From Hollywood to the High Museum, Terracotta Warriors rule!

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The High Museum exhibit "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army" opens on November 16 and will run until April 19. 2009. It has already sparked great interest with a record-breaking number of reservations. The magic of the Terracotta soldiers hasn't escaped Hollywood or The Clintons either, as you'll see in this gallery.

The High Museum exhibit "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army" opens on November 16 and will run until April 19. 2009. The warriors are an army of more than 7,000 pottery soldiers and horses, created and buried 2,200 years ago to guard the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. They were unearthed beginning in 1974.

A regiment of terracotta soldiers stands in a tomb pit at the Museum of the Terracotta Army in Xian, China. Fifteen terracotta statues will be included in the Atlanta High Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition, "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army."

A series of excavated pits at the Museum of the Terracotta Army in Xian, China reveal the scale of the tomb of China's first emperor. An upcoming exhibit at the High Museum in Atlanta has already sparked great interest. The magic of the Terracotta soldiers hasn't escaped Hollywood or The Clintons either, as you'll see.....

This is an excavation pit at the Museum of the Terracotta Army in Xian, China.

A terracotta soldier statue undergoes repairs at the museum in China.

The long lost Terracotta Warriors were called to battle in this year's film "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," an adventure that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the spectacular Himalayas.

The Terracotta Warriors got some good screen time.

During the film, Alex O'Connell (actor Luke Ford) disturbed the resting Terracotta Warriors. They weren't jazzed about that.

Director Rob Cohen knew how to make those Terracotta Warriors do what he wanted. He's dealt with high-strung actors before.

Back in 1998, then-President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton toured the famous excavation site of the Terracotta Warriors in Xian, China.

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The High Museum exhibit "The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army" opens on November 16 and will run until April 19. 2009. The warriors are an army of more than 7,000 pottery soldiers and horses, created and buried 2,200 years ago to guard the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi. They were unearthed beginning in 1974.

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