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In 1974, farmers digging wells in China discovered a vast army of over 8,000 life-sized terracotta figures, mostly soldiers, buried with the body of the first Emporer around 200 BC. Now it’s been discovered that they were guarding more than an emperor’s body?they were guarding a vast treasure.

Karla Adam writes in the Independent that archeologists using special X-ray equipment have discovered a large number coins inside the sealed tomb, leading them to conclude that the emperor was buried with his state treasure. This means that his death effectively bankrupted the country. It’s also likely that the coins are made of gold or other precious metals and are a still worth a fortune today.
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Egyptian archeologists are now using robots to explore the secret chambers of the pyramids. Over the last few years, we’ve written extensively about these explorations, the results of which are often kept secret by the Egyptian government. Now it’s been announced that a robot will be sent up two of the tiny shafts in the Great Pyramid of Giza to discover whether a secret burial chamber contains the mummy of the pharaoh Cheops.
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Archeologists have found a new way to locate hidden rooms inside ancient pyramids. In Teotihuacan, Mexico, they’ve built a particle detector inside a pyramid to detect muons, which are tiny particles that are created when cosmic rays hit the Earth’s atmosphere. They travel near the speed of light and pass through solid objects, leaving tiny traces. By tracking these particles, Arturo Menchaca will be able to locate any hidden spaces inside the pyramid.
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In September, a tiny robot was sent up a narrow shaft of the Great Pyramid in Giza to drill a hole in an ancient door and peek through to see what was inside the hidden room behind it. And it found?another door! So the process has to begin all over again. Art historians think there may be a symbolic reason for this strange design.
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