Editing Crypt of Civilization (section)

{{Short description|Time capsule in Georgia, United States}}
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[[File:Crypt of civilization.jpg |thumb|upright=1.7|{{center|Crypt of Civilization interior, photographed in 1939 prior to sealing}}]]
The '''Crypt of Civilization''' is an impenetrable, [[hermetic seal|airtight]], room-sized [[time capsule]], built between 1937 and 1940, at [[Oglethorpe University]] in [[Brookhaven, Georgia]]. The {{Convert|2000|cuft|adj=on}} repository is meant not to be opened before 8113 AD. It contains numerous [[artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] and [[sound recording and reproduction|sound recordings]] that illustrate civilization and human development to the 20th century. Classic literature and [[religious text]]s were also deposited, as well as items showing the [[history of science|extent of scientific progress]] to 1939.

[[Thornwell Jacobs]], the initiator of the project, was inspired by the opening of [[Egyptian pyramids]] and wanted to create a repository of everyday 1930s objects and a record of human knowledge over the preceding 6,000 years. The [[Guinness Book of Records]] declared the Crypt to be the first genuine attempt to permanently preserve a record of 20th century culture for people of thousands of years into the future.