According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Crypt of Civilization is considered the first successful implementation of a time capsule. Located in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, the Crypt contains hundreds of items representative of the time. The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ... A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future. ... Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) was born in Franklin County, Missouri. ... Oglethorpe University is a private liberal arts college in Atlanta, Georgia. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

The Crypt is a room 20 feet (6 m) long, 10 feet (3 m) high and 10 feet (3 m) wide. It is sealed with a great stainless steel door, welded in place. Among the items in the Crypt are microfilms of over 800 books and reference materials, along with audio recordings and movies. In metallurgy, stainless steel (inox) is defined[1] as a ferrous alloy with a minimum of 10. ... Welding is a joining process that produces coalescence of materials (typically metals or thermoplastics) by heating them to welding temperature, with or without the application of pressure or by the application of pressure alone, and with or without the use of filler material. ... Microfilm machines may be available at libraries or record archives. ...

The Crypt is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113. At the time of the Crypt's proposal in 1936, most historians agreed that the establishment of the Egyptian calendar, and therefore the first fixed date in history, occurred in the year 4241 BCE. Thus, when the Crypt is unsealed, it will have been conceived at the midpoint of recorded human history. (8th millennium – 9th millennium – 10th millennium – other millennia) The 9th millennium is a period of time which will begin on January 1, 8001 and will end on December 31, 9000. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The ancient civil Egyptian calendar had a year that was 365 days long, consisting of 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 extra days at the end of the year. ...

Inventory

A complete list of the Crypt's contents is available on the official Crypt of Civilization website.

External links

• Official website
• Article on the Crypt and its contents