Does this stone reveal Qin Shi Huang’s quest for immortality? A physicist chips in

9 months ago

High on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwestern China and northeastern India, archaeologists recently discovered a 2,246-year-old stone inscription that might record one of the most mysterious chapters in Chinese history. The stone reads: in the 26th year of Qin Shi Huang’s reign, the emperor commanded the five Grand Master Yi to lead a group of alchemists westward to the Kunlun Mountains in search of the elixir of immortality. The team travelled by carriage to the mountain, arrived at Zhaling...

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