"Ritual Purposes"

I love the idea of confused archaeologists in the future, as quite often we have confused archaeologists now. 

"These triangles may represent female reproductive organs, or relate to having migraines, or being on magic mushrooms" (seriously, do the tour of the Rock Art at Creswell Crags, tt's pretty much "we have no idea, but it looks awesome")

So small excavation machines being buried under posh London houses, as it's cheaper to leave them underground than pull them out of the basement they've just dug?... The New Statesman has the story in full here, but the bit which grabbed my attention is below. :)

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The atrium of the British Museum, around 5000AD, will feature a digger prominently as the central icon of elite, 21st-century living.

What will the explanatory caption say? “Situated immediately adjacent to the heated underground swimming pool and cinema at the back of the house, no superior London address was complete without one of these highly desirable icons, sometimes nicknamed ‘the Compact Cat’. This metallic icon was a special sacrificial gesture, a symbol of deep thanks to the most discussed, revered and pre-eminent god of the age, worshipped around the world: London Property.”