Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have called off the search for a nearly 134-year-old time capsule that was believed to be embedded in the huge pedestal base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed Wednesday.
It was thought to contain about 60 artifacts, many of which were related to the Confederacy, according to a post on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's official website.Black man's statue is the lone monument standing on historic street in former capital of the ConfederacyMore than a dozen workers spent about 12 hours on Thursday wrestling with the heavy stones at the base of the monument searching for the time capsule.
The void wasn't big enough to hold the time capsule, but it was an interesting clue, Jamestown Rediscovery Director of Archaeology David Givens told CNN.He said he was surprised that the capsule wasn't found."When we're looking back into the past, it's not always as easy as people think, Givens said."This is a community of folks working together to solve this mystery, but we're basing our research on history and science and archeology, detective work.
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