Crypt of Civilization
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The Crypt of Civilization is an impenetrable, airtight, room-sized time capsule, built between 1937 and 1940, at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven, Georgia. The 2,000-cubic-foot repository is meant
Crypt of Civilization interior, photographed prior to sealing
Oglethorpe University – location of the Crypt is in the basement
Typical example of Lincoln Logs placed in crypt
Hand operated Mutoscope was converted into translator
Oglethorpe University
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Oglethorpe University is a private liberal arts college in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of
Crypt of Civilization
…The Crypt of Civilization is an impenetrable, airtight, room-sized time capsule, built between 1937 and 1940, at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven, Georgia. The 2,000-cubic-foot (57 m3) repository is meant not to be opened before 8113 AD. It contains numerous artifacts and sound…
Olgethorpe University seal
The carillon bells atop Oglethorpe's Lupton Hall
The 1925 football team competing against the 1925 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado at Grant Field