Mysterious Building Hides in Terracotta Tomb Site of Emperor Qinshiwang

After five years of research, Chinese archaeologists now confirmed that a 30-metre-high building is buried in the vast mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang (who was the Chinese first emperor more than 2000 years ago) near the former capital, Xian, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, China.

The building, buried in the 51-meter-high, pyramid-like earth above the tomb's main body underground, has four surrounding stair-like walls and each wall with nine steps of platforms, said Duan Qingbo, a researcher with Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology.
The whole building were buried under the earth, which made it difficult for researchers to get a complete picture of it, according to Duan.
Duan said he believed the building may have been built for the soul of the emperor to go out.
Duan said they began to carry out research on the mausoleum's internal structure in 2002 with remote sensing technology, for it has not been allowed to be excavated.

Scroll down for the photos about Emperor Qingshiwang's Mausoleum.