# Future archeologists just unearthed your home... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027 "2017-01-13T11:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/21 "2017-01-14T00:12:58Z")
the polyhedral dice and pewter figurines indicate membership in one of the ancient devil worshiping cults of the late 20th century. The presence of an apparent early 20th century diving helmet, a few swords and large wire crate suitable for storage of large mammals were suitable precautions for their summoning rituals. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/22 "2017-01-14T00:20:15Z")
Anybody ever read David Macaulay’s book Motel of the Mysteries? It’s a hilarious look at the assumptions archeologists make when an ancient motel is dug out. [http://sultanaeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Motel-of-the-Mysteries-Macaulay.pdf](http://sultanaeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Motel-of-the-Mysteries-Macaulay.pdf) Above link is to an article about Motel of the Mysteries [https://www.google.com/search?q=motel+of+the+mysteries&biw=1024&bih=679&tbm=isch&imgil=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%253BuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.people.virginia.edu%25252F~sfr%25252Fenlt214m%25252Fmystmotel.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%252CuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%252C\_&usg=\_\_\_aqMDJYlE-LLEuUH2vfX\_acVGf4%3D&dpr=1&ved=0ahUKEwiNj6SdrMDRAhUh1oMKHYp7D1IQyjcIVQ&ei=Omx5WI2KBKGsjwSK972QBQ#imgrc=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=motel+of+the+mysteries&biw=1024&bih=679&tbm=isch&imgil=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%253BuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.people.virginia.edu%25252F~sfr%25252Fenlt214m%25252Fmystmotel.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%252CuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%252C_&usg=___aqMDJYlE-LLEuUH2vfX_acVGf4%3D&dpr=1&ved=0ahUKEwiNj6SdrMDRAhUh1oMKHYp7D1IQyjcIVQ&ei=Omx5WI2KBKGsjwSK972QBQ#imgrc=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%3A) This second link is to Google images from the book. I think the funniest one is of the woman who is wearing parts of the toilet, as they were assumed to be sacred clerical relics. And the toothbrushes are earrings. This illustration is a reference to an actual photograph of Sophia Schliemann, wife of Heinrich Schliemann, who excavated the historical site of Troy. The following is a link to the original photographs. [https://www.google.com/search?q=motel+of+the+mysteries&biw=1024&bih=679&tbm=isch&imgil=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%253BuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.people.virginia.edu%25252F~sfr%25252Fenlt214m%25252Fmystmotel.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%252CuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%252C\_&usg=\_\_\_aqMDJYlE-LLEuUH2vfX\_acVGf4%3D&dpr=1&ved=0ahUKEwiNj6SdrMDRAhUh1oMKHYp7D1IQyjcIVQ&ei=Omx5WI2KBKGsjwSK972QBQ#tbm=isch&q=heinrich+schliemann&imgrc=J7Va0JOoSgilxM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=motel+of+the+mysteries&biw=1024&bih=679&tbm=isch&imgil=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%253BuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.people.virginia.edu%25252F~sfr%25252Fenlt214m%25252Fmystmotel.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=OIC9NK6ImamzlM%253A%252CuhgbxQtgbIXHOM%252C_&usg=___aqMDJYlE-LLEuUH2vfX_acVGf4%3D&dpr=1&ved=0ahUKEwiNj6SdrMDRAhUh1oMKHYp7D1IQyjcIVQ&ei=Omx5WI2KBKGsjwSK972QBQ#tbm=isch&q=heinrich+schliemann&imgrc=J7Va0JOoSgilxM%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/23 "2017-01-14T05:35:06Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Anybody ever read David Macaulay’s book Motel of the Mysteries? It’s a hilarious look at the assumptions archeologists make when an ancient motel is dug out. I read that book back in junior high, about the time it came out. I loved it then, it still makes me laugh today. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/24 "2017-01-14T08:07:41Z")
What was the short story about future archaeologists discovering a Mickey Mouse watch, and making assumptions about our society? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/25 "2017-01-14T18:05:18Z")
I also once read an interpretation, by those in the future, of what football was. They seemed to think it was some sort of religious ritual. Cheerleaders were priestesses and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/26 "2017-01-14T19:29:08Z")
Russian nesting doll in the likeness of Obama with a bottle of vodka hidden inside it. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/27 "2017-01-14T20:04:42Z")
"There appears to have been a struggle. " ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/28 "2017-01-14T20:28:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > What was the short story about future archaeologists discovering a Mickey Mouse watch, and making assumptions about our society? [History Lesson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Lesson)(?) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/29 "2017-01-14T21:28:43Z")
Six longboxes full of comic books. None particularly valuable today, but who knows… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/30 "2017-01-15T12:17:19Z")
I’m not sure if my husband’s workshop area would be a puzzlement or not. There are woodworking machines, metal working machines, a CNC router, a 3D printer, and airbrush spray booth, an abrasive-blast cabinet, and all kinds of drawers and bins full of tools and supplies. And in the corner, a deep sink with a shelf full of dog shampoo. _“What did he do to those poor dogs??”_ ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/31 "2017-01-15T15:30:47Z")
844 different Monopoly tokens, over 400 boxes of Crayola crayons, and several pictures of me peeing along the roads of Washington, Oregon, California and New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027/32 "2017-01-15T15:49:15Z")
I wonder about the unearthing of Disney Land and other amusement/theme parks. “My god, they built houses out of foam and balsa wood, it’s no wonder they perished” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-archeologists-just-unearthed-your-home/777027.md?page=1)