 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Crypt of Civilization yakafadza America uye yakadzokororwa navamwe vazhinji. George Edward Pendray, mutungamiri wehurumende pakati pe1930s, akasika nguva yeWestinghouse nguva yehurukuro yeruzhinji ye1939-1940 New York Worlds Fair, kuti awedzere kuziva nezvenzvimbo inochengeterwa zvinhu yekambani yake. Mudziyo wakaita seroketi, une kunze kwakaitwa nesimbi yakasanganiswa, waiva netubhu yomukati yePyrex umo zvinhu zvaiiswa. Pakutanga chirongwa chaPendray chainzi bhomba rine nguva, asi zita racho rakazochinjwa kuti pasave nechinhu chinobatanidzwa nehondo. Pendray akasarudza zita rokuti kapsule yenguva sezvo yakanga yakavharirwa mukati mechigadziko chezvinhu zvakagadzirwa nomunhu uye yaida kuvhurwa mumazana amakore 61. Kapsule yechipiri yakasikwa naWestinghouse nokuda kweNew York Worlds Fair ya1964 uye kuratidzwa kwakagadzirirwa kuratidza zviri mukati uye nhoroondo ye time capsules. Aya makapu maviri anofanirwa kuwanika kuvanhu vomuna 6939 A.D. bedzi uye haafaniri kuvhurwa pamberi paikoko. 