What's Inside Qin Shi Huang's Tomb? – General

heritage-key.com — Archaeologists are currently excavating further areas of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first and most infamous Emperor of China. The site, where the magnificent terracotta warriors were discovered relatively recently - 1974 - contains the undisturbed tomb of the Emperor. With rumours of flowing mercury and incomparable treasures, the question on everyone's lips is - what's inside?

Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the 3rd century BC Qin Dynasty, ruled the largest unified kingdom the Far East had ever witnessed to that date – the very basis of Imperial China. In military power, economic strength and technical innovation, the Qin – with their strongly centralised system of government – were all powerful.

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