Sunday, December 20, 2009

Well-kept secret survives 175 years.

This small lead chest was extracted from the pedestal of a statue of Miguel de Cervantes in the Plaza de las Cortes just a few days ago. Officials of the Culture Ministry have disclosed that the chest will be opened to officially reveal its contents. What do you think is inside?
OK, OK, you probably already know what's inside - it was all over the news. But anyway, who do you think was responsible for placing this time capsule in the pedestal of the Cervantes statue? Do you think there may be more such time capsules out there in pedestals of other statues? Should we tear all the statues down to find out? (dumb question, sorry) Do you think the original Don Quixote manuscript is out there somewhere?

1 comment:

  1. I'm sure that the original manuscript must be somewhere and who knows...maybe there are another time capsules in other statues, but not only in statues, maybe Madrid is full of these things under ground, in old houses...

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