Mercury emission from the “Terracotta Army” emperor Qin´s mausoleum in Xian measured by lidar
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 University in Guangzhou, and currently remaining as part-time senior professor at the Ph
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/mercury-emission-terracotta-army-emperor-qins-mausoleum-xian-measured-lidar - 2025-11-03
