Muse: The magazine of science, culture, and smart laughs for kids and children

COULD TECHNOLOGY REVEAL WHAT’S INSIDE THE FIRST EMPEROR’S TOMB?

IMAGINE THIS: YOU’RE DIGGING A WELL, AND INSTEAD OF HITTING WATER, YOU UNEARTH A HEADLESS HUMAN TORSO MADE OF POTTERY. This actually happened to farmers in Shaanxi province in central China in 1974. Zhao Kangmin, a local archaeologist, heard of the find and biked over to

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