The hypothetical: Humanity was destroyed in 2011 in a nuclear holocaust. It is now a hundred thousand years into the future.

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An alien civilization lands on Earth which, by then, is a desolate wasteland without a single trace of humanity. Except for five artifacts that have survived.


If you had to select five artifacts to encapsulate the essence of human civilization, which ones would you choose and why?

 

Stealth bomber with nuclear warhead still attached

Faberge egg

Happy Meal toy

Leatherman tool

Fleshlight, used.

 

The first season dvd of Jersey Shore, a blow-up sex doll, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, a history textbook, and mknote.

 

The torch bearing arm of the statue of liberty
A hard drive archiving 4chan
The leaning tower of Pisa
The Declaration of Independence
Wall-E

 

1) Jon Stewart's Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race

2) The Mona Lisa

3) Drugs

4) A Beatles album

5) US Constitution

 

The Large Hadron Collider, to show both our scientific knowledge and engineering skill.

The pyramids of Egypt, to act as a historical comparison to the LHC.

A NASA rocket, as a symbol for the highest aspiration of man.

A computer hard drive, which - if decoded - might give something of an insight into the average contents of a person's life.

Any item of representational sculpture depicting both male and female nude forms, which will give both information on our most basic anatomy, and our inclination towards artistic activity.

 

Posh, Baby, Ginger, Sporty and Scary.