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There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 26, 2024
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In 1936, Georgia's Oglethorpe University president Dr. Thornwell Jacobs initiated the creation of the Crypt of Civilization, the world's oldest and largest time capsule. Located in Atlanta's Phoebe Hearst Hall, the vault was sealed on May 28, 1940, with instructions to remain unopened until May 28, 8113. It…

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