Comments on: Xi’an Terracotta warriors http://soyansays.com/2006/10/28/xian-terracotta-warriors/ Rub your tummy and pat your head. Soyan didn't say... Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike E. http://soyansays.com/2006/10/28/xian-terracotta-warriors/comment-page-1/#comment-1261 Mike E. Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:18:49 +0000 http://soyansays.com/?p=70#comment-1261 What I found somewhat surprising/disturbing while I was there was that, at the back of the Pit 1 exhibit, there was nothing but a rope to keep some crazy tourist from jumping in and playing a round of "terracotta dominoes" with the soldiers--a vulnerability that was recently demonstrated by this guy: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11100914/ Don't know if you saw it, but the Discovery Channel aired an interesting documentary a few months ago about the life of the first emperor and his burial complex. You probably heard, while you were there, the legends that the actual tomb chamber was laid out like a map of the emperor's conquered lands--with rivers of flowing mercury. An interesting fact from the documentary was that recent soil core samples taken from the tomb area actually produced mercury readings high enough to support the reality of that legend. What I found somewhat surprising/disturbing while I was there was that, at the back of the Pit 1 exhibit, there was nothing but a rope to keep some crazy tourist from jumping in and playing a round of “terracotta dominoes” with the soldiers–a vulnerability that was recently demonstrated by this guy:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11100914/

Don’t know if you saw it, but the Discovery Channel aired an interesting documentary a few months ago about the life of the first emperor and his burial complex. You probably heard, while you were there, the legends that the actual tomb chamber was laid out like a map of the emperor’s conquered lands–with rivers of flowing mercury. An interesting fact from the documentary was that recent soil core samples taken from the tomb area actually produced mercury readings high enough to support the reality of that legend.

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