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Crypt of Civilization

Brookhaven, GA

A sealed chamber beneath Oglethorpe University was packed in 1940 with records and objects intended to represent twentieth-century civilization. Its planned opening date is May 28, 8113; visitors cannot enter, but the sealed doorway and university interpretation make the extraordinary time scale tangible.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: oglethorpe.edu/about/history/crypt/

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