• The Crypt of Civilization is an impenetrable, airtight, room-sized time capsule, built between 1937 and 1940, at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven,...
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    Thornwell Jacobs (category Presidents of Oglethorpe University)
    functioning because of the American Civil War. He conceived the Crypt of Civilization time capsule idea for a historic time collection of 1930s cultural objects...
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  • Oglethorpe University (category Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state))
    University is home to the Crypt of Civilization, the first and most complete time capsule ever created, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Scheduled...
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  • mentions KEO as one of the last time capsules in the universe. Spaceflight portal Time capsules List of time capsules Crypt of Civilization Westinghouse Time...
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    White Sewing Machine Company (category Home appliance manufacturers of the United States)
    machine was placed in the Crypt of Civilization. In 1900, Thomas White's son, Rollin, developed a steam engine, using a corner of one of his father's factories...
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    Kenmore. A White Rotary Electric Series 77 machine was placed in the Crypt of Civilization. White reused the White Rotary name in the 1950s and 1960s, applying...
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  • Machine, retrieved 5 May 2013 "Oglethorpe University : About Us : Crypt of Civilization". Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 11 December...
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    William Randolph Hearst (category 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives)
    company, Hearst Communications. His extravagant methods of yellow journalism in violation of ethics and standards influenced the nation's popular media...
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  • about the impact of human absence on the environment and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind. The series was preceded by a two-hour special that...
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    Phoebe Hearst (category Spouses of California politicians)
    original collection comprised 230,000 objects representing cultures and civilizations throughout history. The museum now contains about 3.8 million objects...
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  • An order of magnitude of time is usually a decimal prefix or decimal order-of-magnitude quantity together with a base unit of time, like a microsecond...
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    and community council papers) were met with disappointment. The Crypt of Civilization (1936) at Oglethorpe University, intended to be opened in 8113,...
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    The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it...
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    to the subject of time capsules. Founded in 1990 at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States (following the lead of a precursor group...
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    Total Health. In 1940, publications of the Institute were microfilmed and preserved in the Crypt of Civilization to be read 6000 years later at Oglethorpe...
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    Norwich State Hospital (category National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut)
    featured in the TV series Life After People, in the episode titled "Crypt of Civilization", which aired on January 19, 2010. Syfy Channel's Ghost Hunters...
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    showing opposites History portal KEO Expo '70 7th millennium Crypt of Civilization List of time capsules George Edward Pendray International Time Capsule...
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  • preventing his Panzer divisions advancing on Dunkirk. May 25 – The Crypt of Civilization time capsule at Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia in the...
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    Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Oglethorpe University : About Us : Crypt of Civilization : Most Wanted Time Capsules Archived June 2, 2010, at the Wayback...
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  • during an all company meeting, The Time Capsule was reopened. Crypt of Civilization Westinghouse Time Capsules International Time Capsule Society Cyntia...
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    James Oglethorpe (category British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745)
    politician and colonial administrator best known for founding the Province of Georgia in British North America. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle...
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  • The Boar's Head Feast is a festival of the Christmas season.[citation needed] The fest of the Presentation of the Boar's Head is observed at: Asylum Hill...
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    Georgia Shakespeare (category League of Resident Theatres)
    theatre company located in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States on the campus of Oglethorpe University from 1985-2014. Georgia Shakespeare produced three plays...
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  • Mexicali, Mexico. May 25 – The Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University is sealed. May 29 – The Vought XF4U-1, prototype of the F4U Corsair U.S. fighter...
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    The United States Capitol crypt is the large circular room filled with forty neoclassical Doric columns directly beneath the United States Capitol rotunda...
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  • Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) conference title on the back of Adrian Maurer in 1924 and 1925. The 1926 team defeated Georgia Tech, and the...
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    of Civilization, wife of Will Durant Will Durant (1885–1981), historian, Pulitzer Prize in literature, co-wrote The Story of Civilization, husband of...
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    John Kassir (category American people of Iraqi-Assyrian descent)
    known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise. He also appeared in the role of Ralph in the off-Broadway show...
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    International League (1962–64). It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers who captured the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938. The...
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    Thalian Hall (Georgia) (category University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state))
    building in Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The three-story building was built by Joseph Lane...
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