Editing Terracotta Army (section)

=== Discovery ===
{{nowrap|The Terracotta Army}} was discovered on 29 March 1974 by a group of farmers—[[Yang Zhifa]], his five brothers, and neighbour Wang Puzhi—who were digging a well approximately {{cvt|1.5|km}} east of the Qin Emperor's tomb mound at [[Mount Li]] (Lishan),<ref name="Agnew2010">{{cite book |last=Agnew |first=Neville |title=Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n8YAyXzJE2IC&pg=PA214 |access-date=11 July 2012 |date=3 August 2010 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=978-1606060131 |page=214 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329073020/https://books.google.com/books?id=n8YAyXzJE2IC&pg=PA214 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170411-the-army-that-conquered-the-world |title=The Army that Conquered the World |first=Jonathan |last=Glancey |date=12 April 2017 |work=BBC |access-date=10 December 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028094809/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170411-the-army-that-conquered-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/emperor-qin/ |title=Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army |author=O. Louis Mazzatenta |magazine=National Geographic |access-date=22 November 2010 |archive-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225104704/http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/emperor-qin/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>The precise coordinates are {{Coord|34|23|5.71|N|109|16|23.19|E|type:landmark|display=inline}})</ref> a region riddled with underground springs and watercourses. For centuries, occasional reports surfaced of pieces of terracotta figures and fragments of the Qin [[necropolis]] {{Ndash}}roofing tiles, bricks and chunks of masonry.{{sfn|Clements|2007|pp= 155, 157, 158, 160–161, 166 }} This discovery prompted Chinese archaeologists, including [[Zhao Kangmin]], to investigate,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/20/612780909/archaeologist-who-uncovered-chinas-8-000-man-terra-cotta-army-dies-at-82 |title=Archaeologist Who Uncovered China's 8,000-Man Terra Cotta Army Dies At 82 |website=npr.org |date=20 May 2018 |last1=Ingber |first1=Sasha |access-date=21 May 2018 |archive-date=21 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021410/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/20/612780909/archaeologist-who-uncovered-chinas-8-000-man-terra-cotta-army-dies-at-82 |url-status=live }}</ref> revealing the largest pottery figurine group ever found. A museum complex has since been constructed over the area, the largest pit being enclosed by a roofed structure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/shaanxi-shanxi/xian/sights/historic/army-terracotta-warriors |title=Army of Terracotta Warriors |work=Lonely Planet |access-date=29 July 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821173712/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/shaanxi-shanxi/xian/sights/historic/army-terracotta-warriors |url-status=live }}</ref>