Anomalously high levels of mercury in the area of the tomb mound have been detected, which gives credence to the Sima Qian's account that mercury was used to simulate waterways and the seas in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
Mercury was used to simulate waterways in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. This was what anomalously high levels of mercury in the area of the tomb mound have been detected. Mercury was used to the seas in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. This was what anomalously high levels of mercury in the area of the tomb mound have been detected. Which gives credence to the Sima Qian's account this.