The most mysterious archaeological finds in the world
Qin Shi Huang’s tomb
One of the biggest archaeological finds of the 20th century happened by chance. In 1974, farmers in China’s Shaanxi province uncovered the life-size Terracotta army of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 B.C – 210 B.C), the first Emperor of China. The carved figures found in the tomb are no mystery. They were made to protect the Emperor in the afterlife. The mystery is where the Emperor is buried and what treasures can be found in the tomb. Located a mile to the northeast from the clay army, a pyramid-shaped mausoleum can be found, which is believed to be the resting place of Qin Shi Huang. However, no person has ventured inside the mausoleum to confirm if it is genuinely the Emperor’s tomb. The mausoleum is one of the most impressive ancient structures found in China. Archaeologists have studied ancient documents that have described the construction of the tomb, it has a state-of-the-art drainage system – although why a tomb needs one is another mystery. To this day, archaeologists do not have a high enough level of technology in order to safely enter and exit the tomb, which is why it has not yet been explored.