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World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Archaeologists are too scared to open the tomb of China's first emperor because they fear booby traps

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Archaeologists are too scared to open the tomb of China's first emperor because they fear booby traps

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World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

An ancient Chinese historian wrote that the tomb is filled with mercury and crossbows ready to fire.

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I’ve never heard of an archaeologist too scared of a new endeavor. (I have no friends and fewer archeologist friends.)
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  Does that mean you have some archaeologist enemies?
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    Those would be… arch enemies then.

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