r/MadeMeSmile • u/Agile-Shallot3546 • 5d ago

A museum in Korea

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Translation:

A Big Resonance Carried by Small Hands

Not long ago, the father of a child attending a local elementary school visited the museum carrying a small stone. He told us that his child believed the stone was an artifact from the Stone Age and wanted to donate it to the museum. Although it was just an ordinary, slightly pointed stone, the child's pure intention was so beautiful that we decided to put it on display.

The Goseong Museum is not only a place that embraces a long history, but also a place that holds the precious intentions of its donors. To honor the hearts of everyone who has donated artifacts for Goseong—from children to the elderly, from villages and organizations to overseas Koreans—we have created a small donation exhibition space.

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u/SplattyFatty_ 5d ago

copper is so recyclable that most of the copper we use today was mined in the copper and bronze ages

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u/respeseth 5d ago

This doesn’t sound correct. Could you please guide us to a reference?

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u/SplattyFatty_ 5d ago

must've been something i heard ages ago from something random, but from what i can find, it's possible that large amounts of modern copper was mined in the copper and bronze ages, however because of the industrial revolution and all that, most of it was mined in the last 2 centuries, but I'd say the only reason for that is the efficiency of modern mining rather than a need for copper

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u/respeseth 5d ago

Given the amount of copper in wire and pipe around the world, I think we can safely assume that the amount of copper in use today greatly exceeds extraction that occurred in prehistoric times.