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A conservation crew in richmond, virginia just cracked open a time capsule. the 36-pound copper box was found in the pedestal that recently held up a statue of robert e. lee. suzanne malveaux joins me now. what did they find in the box? >> what they found about this was the process. they had historical and archaeological experts from virginia who went through opening this box with us in realtime. unlike a museum where you have a pin and a note in a sterile environment but opening it up and you had these experts. it was about a 2 1/2 hour process or so. these experts with gloves going through m...

I believe the church has hindered progress in women's rights, racial equality and lgbtq plus rights. a recent history discovered in virginia. a time capsule buried in the robert e. lee statue is opened. what was inside and what wasn't. cnn's randi kaye has the surprising reveal. >> reporter: it's delicate and tedious work, and yes, opening a 134--year-old time capsule is time consuming, too. the task was shared among conservators from virginia's department of historic resources. for more than a century, this time capsule sat buried in the base of the statue of confederate general robert e. l...

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As described in the richmond dispatch back in 1887. the list of articles in the copper box was said to include dozens of items, including a battle flag, compass, 12 copper coins, even a picture of former president lincoln lying in his coffin. but it turns out this capsule was made of lead, heavily corroded, and partly covered in mortar. the box itself is an artifact, so they had to take care to preserve that, too, using tiny spatulas, tongue depressors and -- >> a very controlled tool that vibrates and has a hard metal tip that is much more easily controlled. it's good for getting the mortar s...

In straight sets to take the title. with the commonwealth games just six months away, england's preparations are going well with victory in theirfirst game at the netball quad series. they beat south africa 71 points to 47 at the copper box in london. while world champions new zealand lost against the world number one side, australia. wasps claimed an important victory over toulouse in rugby union's european champions cup. despite having jacob umanga sent off during the first half of the game, wasps beat last year's champions toulouse by 30 points to 22. it was an impressive win that means the...