Paranormal and Unexplained Phenomena Editor
That's probably true, although we did send off the Voyager into deep space with some of the same sorts of artifacts, in hopes they might be discovered many many centuries from now. We sent a golden "record" and a player that contained all sorts of photographic and audio information about us, and how we live. You can read an article on the golden record on All This Is That that we published six years ago.
The Crypt of Civilization chamber sits on Appalachian granite bedrock located in the foundation of Phoebe Hearst Memorial Hall at Oglethorpe University. The room was converted from a swimming pool from 1937 to 1940 and the walls were lined with enamel plates.
The crypt contains airtight receptacles with microfilm on cellulose acetate film with 800 classic works of literature, including the Bible, the Koran, Homer's Iliad, and Dante's Inferno. There are approximately 640,000 pages included, as well as audio recordings and other cultural bits and pieces. The Crypt room is 20 feet long, 10 feet high and 10 feet wide under a stone roof seven feet thick and over a two-foot stone floor. It is sealed with a stainless steel door welded in place.
Wow.
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