Mercury emission from the “Terracotta Army” emperor Qin´s mausoleum in Xian measured by lidar
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. According to 2200 years old records, the so far never opened tomb of emperor Qin should contain large amounts of liquid mercury, forming lakes and rivers of a large-scale “map” of China, which had been unified by him. Recently, the research group of Prof. Sune Svanberg, part-time active at South China Normal Univers
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mercury-emission-terracotta-army-emperor-qins-mausoleum-xian-measured-lidar - 2026-05-27
