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The 9 farmers worked as a team when digging the well, so they found the fragments of the terracotta warriors almost at the same time. Moreover, 6 of the 9 farmers had passed away one after another, the living witnesses are Yang Xinman, Yang Peiyan and Yang Quanyi who are at ripe old age now. As time goes on, it's become more difficult to determine who is the first so let's regard them all as the co-discovers of this famous finding.
The Terracotta Army was found by a constructional team made up of 9 local peasants while digging a well. Their names listed in no particular order are: Yang Xinman (æ¨æ–°æ»¡), Yang Peiyan(æ¨åŸ¹å½¦), Yang Zhifa (æ¨å¿—å‘), Yang Quanyi (æ¨å…¨ä¹‰), Yang Wenhai (æ¨æ–‡æµ·), Yang Wenxue (æ¨æ–‡å¦), Yang Yanxin(æ¨å½¦ä¿¡), Yang Yizhou (æ¨å®œæ´²) and Wang Puzhi (王普治).
The army was found by three Chinese farms looking for water wells. They found the pottery shards then, a team of Chinese archaeologist excavated the site.
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Who was the Terraccota Army?
The Terracotta Army was an army of life-sized terracotta figurines found in an ancient Chinese Imperial burial.
What city were the terracotta warriors found?
The terracotta warriors were found near Xian, which is in the Shaanxi Province. The army represented the real army that protected Chinaâ??s first emperor.
When was the terracotta warrior found?
The terracotta army was discovered in 1974 by a group of local farmers digging a well. While they were digging they found a terracotta warriors head, and began digging to a huge archaeological discovery none to be the mausoleum of Qin Shi Haung-Di (The Terracotta Army).
What is the Terracotta Army know as?
the terracotta army
What if no one found the Terracotta Army?
We wouldn't know about it, and it would still be there.
Is terracotta commonly found in China?
Yes, it is. That is what they made the ancient army of Xian.
When was the terracotta army buried?
The estimated burial time of the Terracotta Army is around 209 BCE, and the discovery time is 1974 CE. Thus, the Terracotta Army was buried for 2100 years at least.
What did Qin Shihuang do with the Terracotta Army?
He ordered to build the Terracotta Army as his tomb guard in accordance with the appearance of his elite soldiers.
Was the army of terracotta warriors originally above or underground?
The Terracotta Army warriors were originally underground.
How many archaeologist were used to uncover the Terracotta Army?
around 300 because there were so many terracotta warriors to uncover but eventually they only found about 700
What types of ceramic work is the Terracotta Army?
terracotta work
How is the Terracotta Army related to Qin?
They were his army
