Terracotta Warriors Were Discovered By Accident

Can you guess what the most incredible archaeological discovery of the modern times is? It is the Chinese terracotta warriors. The terracotta warriors are located by Xian, China. The warriors are made of a very hard type of clay, terracotta. Creating with terracotta is very hard and time consuming. The terracotta warriors were a very elaborate archaeological find that was discovered by accident. Emperor Qin of China ordered that an army be built with many different figures out of terracotta for his burial chamber. Qin Shi Huang was born in 259 BC in a territory that would eventually become China. During his lifetime Qin had two goals. Dorothy Hinshaw stated the first goal was to live forever. By creating the terracotta warriors and placing them in his tomb, Qin felt he was protecting himself in the afterlife. When Qin was 13, he started construction on this tomb. The tomb was supposed to be a replica of his empire, and was so elaborate, that Qin’s tomb was not finished when he died at the age of 49. He died earlier than normal because he drank what was thought to be medicines, but they were actually poisons. The second goal was to unite all of China. He is considered to be
The terracotta warriors are found by the city of Xian. Xian is located in the eastern part of China. According to Jane O’Connor there are about 7,500 terracotta figures. That makes for a very large army. On the site, there are three underground pits where the warriors can be found. There is pit one, which is the main army and is more than two football fields long. Pit two is a small backup army for pit one, and pit three is believed to be the army’s headquarters. That is because of all the figures in pit three are standing casually and talking to each other while in the other pits the figures are standing in battle formation. The terracotta warrior plan was really thought out and was executed very