Damn it, they need to suck it up and send some well-prepared tomb robbers in there to discover what’s there before I die.
If you know rivers of mercury might be there then wear a hazmat suit. I doubt any crossbow would retain its draw strength over thousands of years.
Come on, Commies, give it the old Qin try. You can kill the excavators when they come back with pictures and relics.
I believe we’ll see the so-called 1st emperor’s tomb opened within a decade at most. The Chinese are going to need a refresh to keep the tourism dollars flowing in. They have defaced the pyramid tombs in the Chinese interior, presumably a party policy thing rather than indicating their discovery of some cultural history that doesn’t fit their official narrative.