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A bit incidental, but would there be any risk of a sealed time capsule delivering viruses/bacteria to the future?


That's the first thing I thought of as well - immunity to certain basic things might have evolved out by then.

I wonder whether bacteria or viruses could survive that long in those conditions?


Some bacteria can hibernate for millions of years in spore form. There was some speculation that the "Curse of the Pharaos" was caused by pathogenic bacteria or fungus-produced toxins, so yes, anyone opening that crypt should better be careful.




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