# Name an artifact that will baffle archaeologists in the year 4000 A.D. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772 "2001-02-16T17:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/41 "2001-02-19T16:17:57Z")
Eyelash curlers. Heck, those things baffle me _now_. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/42 "2001-02-19T16:32:02Z")
Titanium golf clubs False Teeth (maybe not baffle, but definitely amuse) statue of liberty and empire state building souveniers. They might think we worshipped the Lady Liberty in our great temple Empire State Building… My apartment will definitely survive, it’s practically a bomb shelter as it is… I’d hate to hear what they have to say on that one… ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/43 "2001-02-19T16:45:04Z")
Pinetree-shaped car deoderizers. Suction-cup Garfield™ toys. MS Windows (any version): _‘But Synthar, I thought this was an advanced and sophisticated society…’_ The transcripts of Congressional debates: _‘But Synthar, I thought this was an advanced and sophisticated society…’_🙂 ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/44 "2001-02-19T18:24:13Z")
Rock-polishing machines Kites Foosball tables Halloween costumes ---
**Author:** ![Wild\_Card](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wild\_Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wild_Card)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/45 "2001-02-19T19:42:31Z")
Things that already puzzle kids: sliderules wind-up alarm clocks 8" soft floppies, 5-1/4" floppies, and soon 3-1/2" diskettes 8mm film strips buttons on the front of a TV set (not to mention a VHF dial!) ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/46 "2001-02-19T20:16:46Z")
Perhaps this is a look into the future … [http://www.infiltech.com/j-smith.htm](http://www.infiltech.com/j-smith.htm) ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/47 "2001-02-19T21:35:08Z")
check out Smithsonian Barbie on: [http://www.infiltec.com/j-smiths.htm](http://www.infiltec.com/j-smiths.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772/48 "2001-02-19T22:55:29Z")
The structures standing in 2000 years will probably be just our prisons. Everything else will collapse everntually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artifact-that-will-baffle-archaeologists-in-the-year-4000-a-d/54772.md?page=2)