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17+ Strange Things Future Archaeologists Will Discover After We're Gone

Long after we're gone and hundreds of new generations have formed and fallen, what will history think of us? What will they find that harkens back to our time, our lives?

This list shows off quite a few possibilities of things that may be left behind, and what future explorers might think of us because of them.

"A sword in a stone that I just saw, Somerset, England."

Who knows if Arthurian legends will last in the general lexicon for another few hundred years — that tale could be lost to time!

In which case, they'll probably believe this to be an actual weapon that was used, perhaps a powerful one if it was able to be stuck right into stone.

"Our ALDI has a hitching post for horses."

This one could be seen as another, smaller cart corral, but I'm really hoping they'll think it's a kid corral. When shopping, parents could leave their children in a maybe-monitored, maybe-not pen so they don't get lost and can play with other children.

"Got tired of fighting with the dipping so I designed a bowl with a inward fold."

Firstly, this is a great idea. Secondly, this one won't deviate too far. It'll remain a cooking utensil, but maybe they'll think it was for breadmaking? Not sure how, it's just that every old kitchen tool seems to be for breadmaking.

"A terrible statue of *Kung Fu Panda* in a random park!"

They're going to think we worshipped this. Or we were deathly terrified of it and the statue was a warning. Probably the latter, but you never know.

"Utilities worker training site."

They'll wonder how there are so many utility poles stretching across the world, but then they'll spot these and realize there are pole breeding farms.

"The door is real. But the letters are [graffiti]."

Magic, they'll say! Windows with no glass, a wall-breaking illusion, this is the work of a wizard!

"Was followed by the L.L. Bean Bootmobile a few days ago."

I'll be honest, I have no idea what they would think of the L.L. Bean Bootmobile. Maybe a folktale come to life, like the old woman who lived in a shoe but upgraded.

"'It won't flood,' they said."

Future historians will either hit the nail right on the head with this one and say it was natural disaster protection, or they'll paint these homeowners as extreme recluses.

"'World's Largest Chest of Drawers' in my home town of High Point, NC."

I like to think that this, alongside other giant single-item buildings across the world, will make people think we coexisted with giants who just left their stuff laying around.

"The Washington Heights Library."

See, this complements the last one! Another giant building for our giant friends.

"Found this on my ride today."

Will they have dogs in the future? I hope so. This sign will lead them to believe that either our dogs had thumbs, or we designed custom guns for dogs. Not sure which is funnier.

"Sriracha vending machine. I saw on my way home today."

With the abundance and ease of access siracha seems to have, they're going to think it was a necessary supplement we needed to live. They'd be sort of right.

"I made this cute robot bug."

Please, make more. Make so many more. Scatter them everywhere. I want future researchers to think robot bugs were a natural phenomenon.

"The walls in this old coffeehouse have shadows where people used to sit."

This is going to be a very popular spot for future ghost hunters. Those shadows are too ominous-looking to be seen as anything other than ghosts.

"These road side signs in the UK countryside."

The significance of David Attenborough will be debated for decades to come. Was he a mythological creature of sorts? A politician? A king? Why did he care so much about littering?

"Marilyn Monroe mannequin on top of a barn."

Again, I'd have to go with a religious figure. It's not often you seen large monuments to a single person outside of that context.

"Anyone speak whale?"

This will definitely be seen as some sort of death ritual. After we pass, we enter the mouth of The Great Whale who carries us to the afterlife, or something.

"Found my old *Nintendogs* cartridge in the ivy next to my house the other day."

Historical video game studies will almost certainly be even more of a thing in the future, and this find will be a prized relic in some sort of museum.

"A popcorn seasoning from or before 2012 with a advert for an ice age movie."

They're going to think there was an actual ice age coming, with theaters being made into bunkers where the world could wait out the cold.

"Leftover over from another era! A row of empty phone booths at Portland Union Station."

The former use of these is already becoming obfuscated — I wouldn't have known they were phone booths without the title there. I think these could be interpreted as podiums for workers of the station, where if you need help you could simply walk up and take one to aid you.

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