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Originally Posted by jason taylor
I wonder if the trap still works...
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I'd find that
highly unlikely in the real world. Even the terracotta warriors were in pieces (With the exception of one kneeling archer-figure which was relatively intact) and ceramics are much more resistant to aging than wood, metal, and bowstrings.
Of course, in a world were the crossbows could be alchemically preserved...
Also of interest are the 100 rivers of mercury that were said to flow through the tomb. These were probably mostly real, because the soil around the tomb area is quite high in mercury. Whether there were "100" or not of course is debatable.
They still haven't opened the tomb proper, but the whole complex was raided (and set on fire) by a general 5 years after the Emperor's death, so it's not exactly untouched.