- Today's Highlight in History:
In 1938, a time capsule, to be opened in the year 6939, was buried on the grounds of the World's Fair in New York City.
This, of course, is referring to the 1939 New York World's Fair - the one that had the 700 foot Trylon (spike) and 180 foot diameter Perisphere (um, sphere).
It's the whole "to be opened in the year 6939" part that caught me off guard.
5000 years is a loooooong time.
I mean, let's look at what was happening 5000 years before 1939:
Egypt's First Dynasty started when Pharaoh Narmer unified Upper and Lower Egypt into one country.
Nearby the Sphinx might have been under construction. Or maybe that's 500 years too early. Nobody really knows.
The Sumerians created writing. Before this? No writing.
And their city of Uruk was the largest city in the world, with 50,000–80,000 residents. (Fun side note? Modern day Iraq may get its name from "Uruk").
That being said, Peru's Pre-Columbian society of Norte Chico may have been the most densely populated area of the world.
Because not much was going on in Europe. In fact, Troy was just being founded.
In England wooden Stonehenge, precursor to the stone Stonehenge, is constructed.
Humans settled Lough Gur in Ireland.
Oh, and some people think that Adam (of "and Eve" fame) was still alive. (They say he died in 2930 BC).
