He went from emotion to disappointment in USAwhen one opened time capsule of more than 200 years old, found last May, which included a live broadcast.
The lead box is believed to have been placed by cadets at the base of a monument nearly two centuries ago, and paul hudsonWest Point archaeologist, and Michael Diazcurator of the West Point Museum, participated in the opening, as reported by Associated Press.
An audience at the United States Military Academy I expected to see military relics or historical documents taken out of the box. Instead, they let out a breath of disappointment after experts pried open the top and pointed a camera inward to show only a layer of sediment at the bottom.
Hudson and Diaz they lifted the gray clumps and dusted them with a brush, only to have them crumble to dust.
“A little disappointed. We prepared quite a lot to get to this, it was the last result I expected with all the work they did to create that box, put it on the monument ”he pointed.
The box, which measures about a cubic foot, was discovered in May during restoration of a monument honoring the Revolutionary War hero. Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
That led to speculation that there might be objects inside in honor of Kosciuszko or of cadet life in the late 1820s, when the monument was erected. Would there be musket balls, student messages, or clues to historical mysteries, they wondered then.
Although they can’t say for sure, Academy officials believe the cadets left the box in 1828 or 1829, when the original monument was completed. A committee of five cadets that included the 1829 graduate Robert E Leethe future Confederate general, participated in the dedication of the monument.
Despite the discouraging discovery, the West Pointers do not lose hope. hudson He said it looked like moisture was seeping from a damaged seam on the case. Therefore, it is believed that any organic matter inside, such as paper or wood, could have disintegrated on contact with water vapor.
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What is a time capsule and what is it for?
A time capsule It is a container that is generally made of a solid material. Its objective is to keep objects for a long time, so that in the future other generations can open it and learn about aspects of previous times through what is deposited inside.
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