Rivers of Quicksilver

In 1974, farmers digging a well in Shaanxi province stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century: thousands of life-sized terracotta soldiers standing guard. Yet, this massive clay army is merely the outer perimeter of a much darker, untouched mystery-the central tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China. Historical texts claim that deep within his bur...