Re: Interesting archeological discovery - Emperor Qin's tomb

From: Doug Weller (dweller_at_ramtops.removethisdemon.co.uk)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:50:42 +0000

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:45:32 GMT, in sci.archaeology, I.E_Johansson wrote:

>
>"Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu> skrev i meddelandet
>news:csopmn$oah$5@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu...
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, "University Studies" <gov-statistics@no.spam> wrote:
>>
>> > "David B" <tronospamchos@tesco.net> wrote in message
>> > news:3LOHd.100$l8.99@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
>> >> Amazingly, next year will be the 30th anniversary of the unearthing of
>the
>> >> first terracotta soldiers. How time flies.
>> >
>> > True David, many thousands of terra cotta warriors surrounding the
>> > underground palace have been unearthed, but as of 2005 they still have
>not
>> > entered the main underground palace. This may turn out to be one of the
>most
>> > monumental excavations of the century. I wish they would hurry up.
>> >
>> > Quote from the link below;
>> >
>http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/mau
>soleum_6.htm
>> >
>> > "The underground palace boasts a microcosm of
>> > the heavens and the earth. The historical records
>> > of the first century BC state " Work on his tomb
>> > began as soon as Emperor Qin gained power.
>> > The tomb contains palaces and pavilions filled
>> > with rare gems and other treasures, and is
>> > equipped with crossbows to shoot automatically
>> > any intruders!"
>>
>> Hey, now we have a story for the next Indiana Jones movie!
>
>No that Chinese information is 100% correct. I thought that many turists
>from US as well as from the 'Old World' had been there so this was wellknown
>information.

Ok, I'll bite. How can anyone know what is actually in an unexplored tomb?

Doug 

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