Terracotta Warriors report 1

Terracotta Warriors report 1
Dec 1, 2007 12:58
CLARENCEGUO Points: Join Date: Jul 21, 2007 Status: offline	However, there are some problems with this explanation. First, scans of the Emperor's tomb, which has not yet been excavated, indicate that it has never been opened, contrary to the Sima Qian's assertion that it was burned by the rebels. Furthermore, had the rebels actually penetrated the terracotta army complex to the east of the tomb, as they would have needed to do in order to burn the entire structure, in all likelihood they would have looted the bronze weapons buried with the figures. As over 40,000 bronze weapons have been unearthed in pits one and three, with possibly more still buried in p it two, this clearly did not happen. There are also practical physical reasons why the present theory is untenable, making it urgently necessary to re-evaluate the current explanation for the state in which the warriors were found. The air 3.5 meters underground would not have been rich enough in oxygen to support a fire capable of destroying the entire ceiling. Also, the wood, after having been buried for many years, would have been wet or even rotten. It would have been difficult to burn under the best of conditions, but interred in a vast underground complex with little or no ventilation, it would have been next to impossible produce a fire destructive enough to cause the structure to collapse.

Dec 1, 2007 12:58

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However, there are some problems with this explanation. First, scans of the Emperor's tomb, which has not yet been excavated, indicate that it has never been opened, contrary to the Sima Qian's assertion that it was burned by the rebels. Furthermore, had the rebels actually penetrated the terracotta army complex to the east of the tomb, as they would have needed to do in order to burn the entire structure, in all likelihood they would have looted the bronze weapons buried with the figures. As over 40,000 bronze weapons have been unearthed in pits one and three, with possibly more still buried in p it two, this clearly did not happen.
There are also practical physical reasons why the present theory is untenable, making it urgently necessary to re-evaluate the current explanation for the state in which the warriors were found. The air 3.5 meters underground would not have been rich enough in oxygen to support a fire capable of destroying the entire ceiling. Also, the wood, after having been buried for many years, would have been wet or even rotten. It would have been difficult to burn under the best of conditions, but interred in a vast underground complex with little or no ventilation, it would have been next to impossible produce a fire destructive enough to cause the structure to collapse.

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