Comments on: Preserving Our History in a Tomb

By: DrRocket

DrRocket — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:22:55 +0000

Well, it seems that both are doing quite well…

http://www.oglethorpe.edu/abou....._crypt.asp

http://www.nytimes.com/special...../1939.html

By: DrRocket

DrRocket — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:15:24 +0000

Ahhhh, so OK, what is the current status of either of these sites? Me, I’m going digging into th available records; I’m curious…

By: KA Turner

KA Turner — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:13:14 +0000

The crew who preserved the Plymouth didn’t make its tomb airtight or watertight. They just sealed it over with a lid and coated the vehicle in a greased cloth of some form. Not good enough, I must say. And you don’t expose a tomb to potentially seismic forces as in a city square. The Georgia bunch did it right and so did the 1939 World’s Fair personnel. No air, water, or rust allowed, please.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:07:03 +0000

Found it again!
Here’s the actual radio show.
Sorry it’s in Realplayer.
There’s a converter, isn’t there?

http://www.otr.net/r/cbsr/4.ram

By: dculberson

dculberson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:01:05 +0000

Oops.. I meant over 6,000 of course. Me do math gud.

By: dculberson

dculberson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:00:09 +0000

If we can’t preserve a Plymouth for 50 years, how could we possibly hope to preserve film for over 7,000 years?

By: jayessell

jayessell — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:28:31 +0000

Check out picture of the archeologists of the future.
They’re wearing oxygen masks as if Earth’s atmosphere was toxic!

By: jayessell

jayessell — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:42:21 +0000

Found it!

“One of the cleverest shows is ‘Report on the Weans’.
It is the year 7956 and archeologists have found remnants
of our time and attempt to explain our civilization.
It is humorous such as when the archeologistâ€™s attempts
to pronounce the name â€œElvis Presleyâ€, but it is at the
same time a poignant reflection on the study of human existence.

Each show is different and The CBS Radio Workshop is a
unique collection of radio shows at the end of the radio era.”

http://otrcat.com/radio-workshop-p-2088.html

(They got the Elvis part right.)

By: jayessell

jayessell — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:24:34 +0000

If you liked this article you may enjoy…

The Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reade.....eader-link

also…

The Weans by Robert Nathan
“Nothing has so completely stirred the imagination of the entire
civilized world as the discover of a civilization, lost for more
than 5,000 years, of the Weans of the Great West, or Salt, Continent.
Now for the first time this fascinating story of the expeditions
of Kenya’s greatest scientists is told — in terms comprehensible
to the general reader.”

http://www.fantasticfiction.co...../weans.htm
(Don’t order from UK unless you have to. Nice photo of cover.)

(I heard a Sci-fi radio adaptation of this once, set in the Wood of Holly.
They thought placing feet in cement was a punishment.)
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