Skeptoid #566: The Mercury Rivers of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
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Brian Dunning
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🗓️ 11 April 2017
⏱️ 16 minutes
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A miniature of all China's waterways in liquid mercury is said to be at the heart of the First Emperor's tomb.
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| 0:00.0 | It's one of those truly incredible scenes painted by ancient history. |
| 0:08.3 | The tale that China's first emperor built himself an immense underground mausoleum with |
| 0:14.2 | a miniature model of the world, with all its oceans and rivers rendered in mercury that |
| 0:20.2 | flowed in perpetuity by tiny pumps. |
| 0:24.0 | Surely there must be some archeological evidence if this is true. |
| 0:28.1 | Who wouldn't want to see that? |
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