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Posts tagged: Heritage Time Capsules
Treasure Box Time Capsule in China
An 1800's-era time capsule was unveiled this month at China's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in Beijing. The ornately decorated tin "treasure box" was found during renovations at the museum's Hall of Mental Cultivation, which was home to the last eight emperors of the Qing...
Britain's Largest History Dig
Holy time capsules! The expansion of Britain's High Speed Two (HS2) rail system through the countryside is leading to an epic archeological dig through 10,000 years of British history. According to GOV.UK news, the railway project will be regarded as Europe's largest dig, spanning over 60 sites, overseen...
Pay Phone Time Capsules Pop Up in Houston
You have to really scour the streets these days to find a public payphone or, better yet, someone who has actually used one. One neighborhood in Texas is re-purposing these former street corner staples into audio time capsules. The Third Ward artist community in Houston, with support from...
Time Capsule Reveals 1914 Secret Society
There are countless stories of building renovations revealing a sliver of the past within its crumbling walls, but a 1914 time capsule recently found in an old building in Wilmington, N.C. has uncovered a secret society. The time capsule buried by the fraternal order of the Knights of...
