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Chariot Pit .
The chariot pit is used for the accessory burial of Liang Ji (M2012)
. The plane of the tomb is rectang ular . It has a length of 10.3
meters from south to north , a remnant of width of 5.02-5.36 meters
from east to west , and a depth of 1.6 meters . There were 19 chariots
in the pit . The chariots , wooden in quality , were orderly placed
in three lines from west to east :the western line had 8 chariots
, the middle line had 7 chariots and the eastern line only had 4
chariots . Horses were placed under every chariot . The remains
under the chariots haven't been cleaned up because of the display
and protection for these chariots in the pit . According to the
rate of two horses matching one chariot , there were 19 chariots
and 38 horses buried in the pit .
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