I know nothing about it but I've become interested due to one of my favourite programmes Ancient Aliens. It has been a recent discovery that there are 2 secret doors in the tomb of Tutankhamun. I need to update the following later - but a pool of liquid mercury has been found I 'think' in Tuts tomb and also in a tomb in Machu Picchu Makes you wonder why the liquid mercury was there ….. fascinating, as we progress further with investigations and new technology
Yep - an underground chamber has been discovered and the liquid mercury was there and at Machu Picchu
Mercury: Chemical designation: Hg, popularly known as "quicksilver", Atomic Number 80, Atomic Weight 200.59. It brings out the luster when applied to silver coins, and was known as far back as 2000 BC. Hal
@Hal Pollner Quite toxic stuff. "Stays" forever, evaporates extremely slowly. I saw an x-ray diffraction photograph of the bowl full of mercury beneath a barometer clearly showing mercury vapor (invisible to the eye) wafting out of it. Frank