Part of the excitement of time capsules is that they can turn up in the strangest places. The latest unexpected find was at the site of a burned out 18th century tavern in Brunswick Town, North Carolina. Archaeologists were exploring the site of the bar, which had burned...
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Podcast Details History of Time Capsules
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Sunken Roman Time Capsules Brought Ashore
Photo:OeAW/H.Gonzalez After spending more than 2,000 years in the waters off Spain's Mediterranean Coast, the contents of an ancient Roman merchant ship are finally being brought to the surface. Horacio Gonzalez Cesteros, a researcher with the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) says in...
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...
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...
