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An example of the same thing at a macro level: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-rebury-first-of-its-kind-roman-villa-180980535/ https:/

• _a_a_a_ 3y ago
  Bigger yet by far https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_the_First_Qin_Emperor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_the_First_Qin_Emp... He of the terracotta army. Not excavated yet for fear of damage, but I would so love to know...
  • cameron_b 3y ago
    The feeling you get when you’ve gone into one of those aircraft hanger-size buildings and then you see some of the information they’ve gotten with ground tests ( radar, mercury, etc ) is wild. The site is huge. One of the suppositions is that the main chamber contained a model of his entire kingdom, replete with rivers of mercury. So yes. Archaeology is a bit destructive, and sometimes the destruction can go both ways. Proceed with caution.