Emperor Qin Shihuang
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Emperor Qin Shihuang
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In a quest to celebrate his political and military power after his death, and
to replicate his world in an attempt to achieve immortality, Emperor Chin built
the largest unopened tomb in history. It is as big as the Egyptian pyramid at
Giza, with the emperor's body said to be surrounded by rivers of liquid
mercury, and guarded by the Terracotta Army, allowing the Emperor to exist
forever in an enclosed world representing his vast empire. The production team
on "The First Emperor" worked with Dr. Jeffrey Riegel, Professor of Chinese at
the University of California, to investigate the emperor's resting place.
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