Summary Of The Terracotta Warriors

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As stated in John Man’s illustration, many ethical issues concerning the ownership of the terracotta warriors were mentioned in the primary account of the discovery. It was stated that some of the villagers near Li Mountain removed and stashed artefacts such as the bronze arrowheads and ancient bricks of the Qin Mausoleum for themselves. They most likely did not understand the historical significance of the artefacts during then or believed it was theirs to keep since it was found on their land. The bronze arrowheads were then claimed to have been sold for profit whilst the ancient bricks were used at home as pillows by the villagers because they believed it helped blood circulation. This would meant misplacement of significant artefacts which

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