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Any mechanical mechanism is out of the question. We're talking about a message that needs to last 10,000 years. For context, the great pyramid at Giza is about 4,500 years old. You're not going to build something complicated enough to act as a "solve this riddle and we'll open the door" that's going to last for 10,000 years without maintenance.

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