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Conservation experts in Virginia´s capital have opened a time capsule found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, finding dozens of artifacts.

Workers will continue to look for a famed 1887 time capsule containing a photo of Abraham Lincoln on his death bed, placed under a now-removed statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond Virginia.

Conservators in Richmond, Virginia (pictured at left) began meticulously chipping away at 1887 time capsule (bottom right) Wednesday after it was unearthed last week

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