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In contrast to national archives, content for MOM is collected by those who take part, and it constitutes a collective, "bottom-up" history.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <table class="infobox vcard"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Memory of Mankind</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Memory_of_Mankind.png?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Memory_of_Mankind.png/250px-Memory_of_Mankind.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="127" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="64"></span></span> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding-top:0.2em"> Location of the MOM project </div> </div> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alternative names</th> <td class="infobox-data nickname">MOM<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">General information</th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th> <td class="infobox-data category">Running</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th> <td class="infobox-data category"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Salt_mine?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt mine">Salt mine</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th> <td class="infobox-data label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Upper_Austria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Upper Austria">Upper Austria</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Town or city</th> <td class="infobox-data"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hallstatt?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hallstatt">Hallstatt</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th> <td class="infobox-data">Austria</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th> <td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename%3DMemory_of_Mankind%26params%3D47.563428_N_13.637606_E_type:landmark_region:AT"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">47°33′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">13°38′15″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">47.563428°N 13.637606°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">47.563428; 13.637606</span></span></span></a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Groundbreaking</th> <td class="infobox-data">2012</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Website</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=http://memory-of-mankind.com">memory-of-mankind<wbr>.com</a></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Ambitions"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Ambitions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Content"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Content</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Salt_mine"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Salt mine</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Ceramic_data_carriers"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Ceramic data carriers</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Token_and_ceremonial_gathering"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Token and ceremonial gathering</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Crowdfunding_aspect"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Crowdfunding aspect</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Cost"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Cost</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>The project was started by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ceramic_art?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ceramic art">ceramicist</a> Martin Kunze. His earliest experience with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Time_capsule?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Time capsule">time capsule</a> was in the early 1980s, when, as a 13-year-old, he buried a bottle at a beach with a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Message_in_a_bottle?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Message in a bottle">message</a> containing his name and phone number. Thirty years later, someone found it.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Circa 2008, Kunze read <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Alan_Weisman?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Alan Weisman">Alan Weisman</a>'s nonfiction work <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/The_World_Without_Us?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="The World Without Us">The World Without Us</a></i>, which included the claim that ceramic objects had the greatest chance to survive into the future.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This, coupled with the knowledge that the internet already contributes 2% of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, led Kunze to think about a ceramic time capsule. Part of the inspiration came from an art project by a classmate, who had written "feminine experiences" on ceramic tablets.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 2012, the Memory of Mankind started with the first tablet, which had a greeting to future finders, an explanation about the project, and a date expressed in terms of astronomical events.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2018, the project had over 500 tablets.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Ambitions">Ambitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Ambitions" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>The primary ambition of MOM is to preserve an image of the current era, created by numerous participants from all over the planet. It also intends to contain information that our society is obligated to forward to the future, e.g., descriptions of nuclear waste repositories. MOM collaborates with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_Energy_Agency?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Nuclear Energy Agency">NEA</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Swedish_Nuclear_Fuel_and_Waste_Management_Company?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company">SKB</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>Although the most obvious ambition often described in the media is preserving human knowledge, this is not the primary goal of MOM. Serving as a time capsule, MOM is both the story of humanity in a timeframe of millennia as well as a backup in a timeframe of decades. In times where <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Climate_change?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Climate change">climate change</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Nuclear_danger?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear danger">nuclear danger</a> threaten the existence of civilization, saving the core knowledge and culture acquired over centuries is a backup measure.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The project is also intended as a critique of our <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Digitizing?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Digitizing">digital</a> civilization. According to Kunze, nothing of the 21st century may last in the future, since most of our interactions are now virtual. The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fake_news?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Fake news">conflict of accuracy</a> is one of the main themes of the MOM project. The project aims to save a fragment of the information produced until today, Kunze says, but this fragment has to be representative.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The project is open to the public, and its creator emphasizes that it is not a "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Human_extinction?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Human extinction">doomsday</a> project".<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Content" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"> <table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="mbox-text"> <div class="mbox-text-span"> This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:EditPage/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:EditPage/Memory of Mankind">improve this article</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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In order to take this into account, it is split into three sections, and as much <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Metadata?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Metadata">meta-information</a> as necessary is added to any contribution in order to enable future finders to apply source criticism. The collecting process is not centralized, and it is specifically relevant to each country/region/entity.</p> <p>The three sections are:</p> <ul> <li>Individual content: content uploaded by individuals, accompanied by a declaration of why this particular text is worthy of preservation. Each individual upload is marked as "private content" in the overall MOM index;</li> <li>General content: content collected automatically to avoid bias, e.g., collecting the daily editorials of newspapers worldwide, randomly selected <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Facebook?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> profiles, weekly/monthly magazines on different topics (with the "meta-information": numbers of readers; reason for selecting the respective magazine; description of the target group). A language-deciphering tool ("<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pictionary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pictionary">pictionary</a>") is also part of this section;</li> <li>Specific content: in this section, MOM is used as a "medium". Outside institutions bring content to MOM and use the storage and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ceramic?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ceramic">ceramic</a> microfilm. Examples include the nuclear industry (information about waste repositories) or universities, which use MOM for awards.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Salt_mine">Salt mine</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Salt mine" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>The Hallstatt <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Sodium_chloride?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Sodium chloride">salt</a> mine is the oldest continuously exploited by humans. Several factors contribute to its suitability for the MOM archives: as well as the depth and relative stability of the mine, the salt absorbs moisture and dries the air, and it has a natural plasticity that helps to seal cracks and fractures, keeping the caverns watertight.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>The geology dictates that over time, the archive will rise to the surface. Since the mouth of the cavern closes at about the rate of human <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Fingernail_growth?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Fingernail growth">fingernail growth</a>, the project has about 40 years to be completed. Under Austrian law, the archive is considered to be "like waste", and ownerless.<sup id="cite_ref-gq_1-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-gq-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Ceramic_data_carriers">Ceramic data carriers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Ceramic data carriers" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"> <table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="mbox-text"> <div class="mbox-text-span"> This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:EditPage/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:EditPage/Memory of Mankind">improve this article</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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These modern variants are made of a ceramic material that is capable of preserving the information that they contain, as it is less vulnerable to corrosion, biological degradation, and ordinary weathering, and lasts for a longer time than other materials that have been used to record information—it resists temperatures of up to 1,200 °C (2,200 °F), chemicals, water, radiation, magnetism and pressure, and can "only be destroyed by a hammer" (even if a tablet breaks, information will not disappear). The goal is to have the most durable support available, able to carry the message over a long span of time (e.g., one million years).</p> <p>The tablets measure 20x20 cm. One type carries images and text with a 300 <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dots_per_inch?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dots per inch">dpi</a> resolution, while the other type is "ceramic microfilm" and carries up to 5 million characters. It is required that the information be analog and recognizable as data to future finders.</p> <p>Variations of languages over time and even the hypothesis of an alien intelligence discovering the MOM archives have been anticipated. Again, the creators of MOM take inspiration from historical methods. They designed their own "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Rosetta_Stone?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Rosetta Stone">Rosetta Stone</a>", translated into several languages with the appropriate character set and number system, an astronomical time indicating "2013" (via extremely rare events of simultaneous <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Astronomical_transit?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Astronomical transit">transits</a> of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Mercury_(planet)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Venus?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Venus">Venus</a>), and thousands of images depicting concrete situations with the corresponding words, completed by the theoretical volumes of the main languages, e.g., phrases, grammar, thesauruses, and orthography.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Token_and_ceremonial_gathering">Token and ceremonial gathering</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Token and ceremonial gathering" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"> <table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="mbox-text"> <div class="mbox-text-span"> This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:EditPage/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:EditPage/Memory of Mankind">improve this article</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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On its surface, the token indicates a place on Earth with a precision of some ten meters. The front side depicts the outline of Europe, with a mark representing Hallstatt's location. The back shows the position of the entrance to the MOM relative to the shape of Hallstatt lake. In addition, a multi-cubic shape representing the crystalline structure of the mine's salt is included. Due to the design of MOM and the token, the archive can only be retrieved by a society with a similar technical and physical understanding of the world to modern-era humans. This is intended to ensure that techniques to decode the content are available to future finders.</p> <p>An "<a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ariadne%27s_thread_(logic)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ariadne's thread (logic)">Ariadne's thread</a>" in the form of ceramic tablets with mathematical indications of the direction and depth will be placed in the entrance tunnel, including "gaps", which are also mathematically indicated, in order to avoid accidental recovery by an immature society.</p> <p>An instruction for a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Ritual?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Ritual">rite</a> is attached to this token: the owners are supposed to gather every 50 years to commemorate and decide whether humanity still knows the content of MOM and if extensions are needed. The token should be transmitted to the descendants of the owners.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>Unlike other time capsules, which predefine opening dates (not considering if at that point an appropriate addressee will exist), MOM's token defines the culture rather than the date of the opening by ensuring a pre-mature society would be unable to interpret the token.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Crowdfunding_aspect">Crowdfunding aspect</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Crowdfunding aspect" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"> <table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="mbox-text"> <div class="mbox-text-span"> This section <b>does not <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Special:EditPage/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Special:EditPage/Memory of Mankind">improve this section</a> by <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span> </div></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Memory of Mankind distinguishes itself by asking for contributions from both public and private entities, be they companies or common people. Contributions can be financial or content to be stored. Cooking recipes and personal stories are examples of contributions that may be stored. In exchange for a contribution above a certain character minimum, the contributor receives one of the ceramic tokens.</p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Cost">Cost</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Cost" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <p>MOM is a global project: in order to enable citizens of every country to represent themselves, the price of the tablets varies based on the donor's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Gross_national_income?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Gross national income">gross national income</a> per capita-ranking table of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Bank?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Memory_of_Mankind&action=edit&section=9&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" 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</noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 214px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container.jpg/320px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container.jpg" data-alt="Container with tablets" data-width="214" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container.jpg/480px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container.jpg/640px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Container with tablets </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 213.33333333333px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Container with tablets 2"> <noscript> <img alt="Container with tablets 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg/320px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3511" data-file-height="1977"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 214px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg/320px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg" data-alt="Container with tablets 2" data-width="214" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg/480px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg/640px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_02.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Container with tablets 2 </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 213.33333333333px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Container with tablets 3"> <noscript> <img alt="Container with tablets 3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg/320px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3511" data-file-height="1976"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 214px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg/320px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg" data-alt="Container with tablets 3" data-width="214" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg/480px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg/640px-Memory_of_Mankind_Container_03.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Container with tablets 3 </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150.66666666667px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/File:Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-file-description" title="Example of the ceramic microfilm"> <noscript> <img alt="Example of the ceramic microfilm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg/226px-Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1651" data-file-height="1314"> </noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 151px;height: 120px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg/226px-Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg" data-alt="Example of the ceramic microfilm" data-width="151" data-height="120" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg/339px-Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg/452px-Memory_of_Mankind_Mikrofilm.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Example of the ceramic microfilm </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 138.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 136.66666666667px;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a 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