These men, Qin Shi Huang declared, claimed to be sorcerers. If they really had magic powers, then they could bring themselves back to life.
First Emperor of China
His rationale for ordering 460 scholars (or alchemists) buried alive for failing to produce an elixir of immortality.
c. 212 BCE
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