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The Terracotta Army, the Tomb of the First Emperor

Archaeologists would like to get in amongst this thing. Would like into the tomb and see what's actually in there, but no one's been allowed in. All that we have is testament descriptions of the tomb by historians working within. And what's described is a version of the empire in miniature. So underneath this structure, whatever it is, if you got inside, up in the ceiling in some form, apparently, are constellations,. A representation of the night sky, heavenly bodies. On the ground though, the landscape. was rendered, however, rivers and lakes and seas and waterfalls of mercury, liquid mercurylet your imagination run riot.

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