Time Capsule Research Paper

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The official definition of a time capsule is “a container storing a selection of objects chosen as being typical of the present time, buried for discovery in the future” (Webster). This tradition of time capsules started in 1936, when the Crypt of Civilization made a “Guinness Book of Records”, or there version of the time capsule and buried it in Atlanta, Georgia, that is planned to be opened in 8113 AD. The Time capsule holds numerous objects, including “over 640,000 pages of literature – Religious texts such as the Bible and the Koran are there, as are works of literature such as Homer’s ‘Iliad’ and Dante’s ‘Inferno’” (Lomography). The time capsule has been used through ought history, and has shows society how much life can change in a matter of years by opening it and looking at what's inside. When it time to put five things in my time capsule, I will put objects that seam meaningless but prominent in my life. Inside the capsule I will put THE CURRENT COKE BOTTLE, A TIMES NEWPAPER, A VIDEO OF MY DAILEY LIFE, 45 MINUTES ADIO OF A RADIO PROGRAM, AND THE AMERICAN FLAG. …show more content…

The DAILY TIMES is a big part of showing off what is happening in the everyday lives of the important business social statures of America. In the future the world can read what was important to us as a society on that day, whether it is a debate or a Wall Street fumble. A RECORDING OF A RADIO PROGRAM shows the music genres that we listen to everyday. Music is something that is constantly change, so there is no telling on what the music will be like in 75 years, but one thing that is for sure is that is completely different then our top 40 hits. Being social and well informed is one of the prime ideas of how our world is

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