Researchers Find World’s Oldest Time Capsule From 1726 in Bulb of Church Spire—Here’s What’s Inside

Background: Courtesy of Marcin Pechacz; Left upper inset: Screenshot/Googlemaps; Left lower inset: Courtesy of Halina Drgas

Almost 300 years ago, someone implanted what now might be the world’s oldest time capsule, hidden high upon the pregnant finial of a church spire in Poland.

It was announced by the Museum of Wschowa [Ssh-hova] Land on Thursday, Sept. 21, that the round copper bulb atop St. Stanislaus parish church in the small town of Wschowa was brought down and was found to contain four separate parcels from three distinct centuries.