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These sculptures, designed to be observed by our descendants from dozens to thousands of years in the future, would be designed to weather away into their future shape.
Build a hill, carefully apportioning materials weathering at different rates, and get it to slowly morph into the sphinx over millenia.
Plant
a forrest using a variety of trees and landscape it using flame retardants, so if and when it burns, it'll show a grimace
Initiate canals a long a river bed to see line art appear as the water carves new canyons
Tmeteam (they often view the ground & the archaeology from helicopters)
http://www.channel4...m/history/timeteam/
[po, Apr 16 2005]
Grimace?
http://images.usato...s/03-11-grimace.jpg
[ConsultingDetective, Apr 16 2005]
Baked, in a way
http://www.tvacres....magazines_maxim.htm
[theircompetitor, Apr 28 2006]
And now discovered
http://maps.google....3561&t=k&iwloc=addr
[theircompetitor, Jan 22 2007]
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Had to dig deep, but here's one of my biggest +'s |
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Trouble is - it's like waiting for your own great great grandchildren. |
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Last year, in a forest deep in germany, a swastika of trees was discovered from a helicopter. It was cut down(the trees), seems the nazis had the same idea. |
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Great idea though, nice joke examples+ |
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Not quite the same, popped into my head - Splash out on a bit of plastic surgey and have your diaries minutely etched into your skeleton for people to find much later. Example - "3rd metacarple, Thursday: Can't move, entire body is infected and swollen, will die soon. Drunk nurse did obscene graffiti on my femur. Damn." |
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wee don't see weedy much, which is a shame... |
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archaeology from the air is fascinating. see time team. |
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My computer died and I was skint for a long time. I've got a new mac-mini now. Prepare, beware. Cheers po. |
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This slid by me. Good one [tc]. |
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The Centurians, upon landing on the White House lawn in 2008: |
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"Take us to your female leader". |
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"Ah...sir, though Hillary came close, John McCain is actually Presient. I'll go ahead and..." |
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"Never mind that, where is Eva?" |
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