Well I'm glad it wasn't anything historical. Not that this would have lasted long enough to become historical, apparently.
"This is the kind of thing you can't really hide from people," one
worker told the Global Times. "Everyone's got phones now. How can you cover this up?"
What a uniquely Chinese government way to respond to this.
There are many metaphors here...
As an interesting related note, the First Emperor's tomb has been found, but it has not been opened. One reason is that there's so much treasure inside that the archaeologists have not figured out a way to preserve them fast enough before they start to deteriorate from exposure to outside air. The second reason is health related, because the massive tomb contains a replica of the ancient city, with rivers and seas of liquid mercury.
They dug through three layers of groundwater, and poured in bronze for the outer coffin. Palaces and scenic towers for a hundred officials were constructed, and the tomb was filled with rare artifacts and wonderful treasure. Craftsmen were ordered to make crossbows and arrows primed to shoot at anyone who enters the tomb. Mercury was used to simulate the hundred rivers, the Yangtze and Yellow River, and the great sea, and set to flow mechanically. Above were representation of the heavenly constellations, below, the features of the land. Candles were made from fat of "man-fish", which is calculated to burn and not extinguish for a long time.
The Second Emperor said: "It would be inappropriate for the concubines of the late emperor who have no sons to be out free", ordered that they should accompany the dead, and a great many died. After the burial, it was suggested that it would be a serious breach if the craftsmen who constructed the mechanical devices and knew of its treasures were to divulge those secrets. Therefore after the funeral ceremonies had completed and the treasures hidden away, the inner passageway was blocked, and the outer gate lowered, immediately trapping all the workers and craftsmen inside. None could escape.
Anomalously high levels of mercury in the area of the tomb mound have been detected, which gives credence to the Sima Qian's account that mercury was used to simulate waterways and the seas in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. However, some scholars believe that if the underground palace is excavated, the mercury would quickly volatilize.
I want to see the day when the archeologists finally get permission to open the tomb. The kinds of treasures and historical artifacts in there will be mindblowing, Tut level and possibly even better.
Well, I guess I learned that Zelda dungeons do exist and National Treasure 2 is a documentary.
Chinese-made...?
My fear would be someone stealing these artifacts. Imagine how valuable that shit is.
I get the feeling that a good deal of the interior may well have been destroyed by the craftsmen if this is the case
Breaking: In order to maintain control, Chinese create Weather Machine and sets it to "关掉风"
Man, ancient craftsmen always got the shortest end of the stick.
Not the first time a blow has brought down a political figure
Yeah, just ask Bill Clinton.
For those wondering, "man-fish" refers to walrus.
If they're expecting the mercury to vaporize, they could drill two holes into the tomb, pump an inert gas into one hole, and vacuum out the air from the other hole into a scrubber, but that would be incredibly expensive.
Yeah considering they made the whole 8000 men life sized stone army nearby with chariots and all, the tomb has to be fucking crazy.
https://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/7542.jpg?v=1509701295
I wonder if the craftsmen saw this shit coming or not.
It is.
After careful exploration of Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, the archaeologists found that the underground palace is about 35 meters (115 feet) beneath the grave mound of the mausoleum, and the whole grand construction covers an area of 41,600 square meters (49,753 square yards) or so. With a rectangular configuration, the palace is about 260 meters (284 yards) long from east to west, 160 meters (175 yards) wide from north to south. The coffin chamber in its center is also rectangular, and it has the approximate size of a standard soccer field with a height of about 15 meters (49 feet).
Can't wait to hear that when the archaeologists finally open it they find out that some retard broke into it a hundred years ago and ruined everything.
I dunno, the pyramids were made by well-paid and well-respected workers.
All the entrances are still sealed up. Nobody has gotten in or out in 2000 years.
Maybe they dug under? Which is coincidentally also how you infiltrate a heavily booby trapped tomb.
The palace is so deep in the ground that it's at the limit of technology back then. It's impossible for random grave robbers to dig even deeper than what the empire's best architects could.
Maybe not 2000 years ago, but perhaps sometime in the 19th/20th century?
I imagine the greatest risk to whatever is inside is the workers losing their shit when they realise they're stuck in there.
I'm honestly almost more interested in the condition of the bodies of the workers than of the treasure, whether they turned to cannibalism, killed each other, or just smashed the shit out of everything they just made out of spite.
The palace has 3 gates at each entrance. Outer, middle and inner. The workers were supposedly trapped between the outer (exit) and middle (entrance to palace) area, not the actual palace itself. The innermost gate then is into the burial chamber.
It's like getting trapped inside someone's porch but not being able to enter the house or exit the porch.
What a fucked up situation.
That's crazy. I actually visited the Terracotta army many years ago, but it was so damn hot and it was so packed with people it was hard to enjoy it. I never even heard about the extent of the tomb, even though it makes sense. Really hope they try looking deeper into it, whether by new mapping techniques or physically digging it out.
I wonder if there's any superstition going on about digging up such a sacred place.
The Terracotta army will probably come to life ruled by a lich king emperor who was sitting on the throne inside the tomb the entire time, they will then be an unstoppable force and plunge china back into the first emperor's rule and cause a cascading effect upon the world until a half cyborg half demigod prince stops him.
Well then, that's... good?
There is gonna be a pile of spoopy ass skeletons at the entrance
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