Can information lie dormant for ages awaiting suitable circumstances to awaken?
Like Lambsquarters and Lotus seeds remain viable for thousands of years:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_seed_bank#cite_note-3

Lotus Nelumbo nucifera

Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album L.) Photo by Leo Michels

VELAZQUEZ

http://www.diegovelazquez.org/Infante-Felipe-Pr%C3%B3spero-c.-1660-large.html

 

 

 

 

http://www.diegovelazquez.org/St--Anthony-Abbot-And-St--Paul-The-Hermit-large.html

http://www.diegovelazquez.org/The-White-Horse-large.html