Old McDonald's In Alaska Shows Where Prices Were In The 1990s, Is One Of The Great Modern Archaeological Finds

One thing that sometimes pops into my head without warning is what it will be like when future civilizations start playing Indiana Jones with us the way we do with the Egyptians, the Mayans, and every other ancient civilization. We pick through their garbage and ascribe grand meaning to everything. Like, archaeologists find a piece of pottery, and they go, "This is a fragment of a sacred ceremonial dish used by King Tutankhamun."

Meanwhile, if you asked King Tut what it was from he'd say, "Bro, that was a piece of my chamber pot."

What I'm saying is, archeology is guesswork.

However, someone recently made a stunning discovery from decades ago, giving us a glimpse into what daily life was like in a strange time that some still remember: the 1990s.

The artifact in question is a McDonald's menu board frozen in time. Frozen- just like the Alaskan wilderness surrounding it.

Photographer Chris Luckhardt ventured over to Alaska's Adak Island last year and took some photos of the abandoned menu. However, those photos are getting attention again because of the wild menu prices that you find at the Golden Arches these days.

$18 for a Big Mac meal? Get bent.

It looks like this menu board in question comes from the Year of our Lord 1993. That's because there's a "Dino-Size" option (which I'm guessing was the same as the old "Super-Size" option that Morgan Spurlock ruined), an apparent tie in to a little film about dinosaurs you probably never saw called Jurrasic Park.

First of all, how close were you to overdosing on nostalgia when you saw that brown menu board with the little plaques that slide in and out? Phenomenal. Bring those back and yellow Wendy's napkins, and I'll be a happy man (also bring back those Wendy's solarium's. Nothing like eating your Dave's Double while baking like an Iguana sunning itself on a rock).

But what's important here is what's on that brown board. Look at all of those wallet-friendly prices. Take the Big Mac for instance: $2.45. Want to make that a meal? Of course you do. It's a little hard to read, but it's definitely under $5.

Can you imagine trying to get out of McD's for a crisp Lincoln today? You'd get a thimble of Coke, four fries, and you'd have to split a burger with the guy in the car behind you.

Alright, it's not that bad, but it's still pretty bad.

This is how everything works. When McDonald's opened, burgers were a dime. By the 1990s they were hanging around a dollar. Now? They're $2.59.

If time machine's ever become a thing, I know what I'm doing. After I kill Hitler, save JFK, and invest in Apple, I'm going right to 1993 and celebrating with Dino-Size meal at McD's.

Ah… those were the days, weren't they?