According to the International Time Capsule Society at Atlanta’s Oglethorpe University, 90% of time capsules are never recovered–best estimate, 10,000 lost worldwide. We forget. We can’t find them. We don’t care. They’re too expensive to dig up. Name your excuse . . ..
The same can be said for family stories, family photos, other mementos.
Crypt of Civilization interior
We keep trying. The Crypt of Civilization, also located at Oglethorpe University, is a swimming pool size time capsule sealed in 1940 to be opened in 8113. The walls are covered with pictographs because it is assumed that by 8113 even the known languages of our world will be forgotten.
The future beckons. The day-to-day is hard to ignore. The past? What do we lose when we lose the past?
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