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An image taken on Jan. 18, 2019 and issued by HS2 shows archeologists removing the lead plate placed on top of the coffin of Captain Matthew Flinders at the archaeological excavation and research works at St James's Gardens in Euston, London. The remains of Captain Flinders, a noted Royal Navy explorer, who led the first circumnavigation of Australia have been found by archeologists excavating a burial ground where a railway station is planned. The archeologists identified the remains of Flinders by the lead plate placed on top of his coffin. (James O. Jenkins/HS2 via AP)

An image taken on Jan. 18, 2019 and issued by HS2 shows archeologists removing the lead plate placed on top of the coffin of Captain Matthew Flinders at the archaeological excavation and research works at St James's Gardens in Euston, London. The remains of Captain Flinders, a noted Royal Navy explorer, who led the first circumnavigation of Australia have been found by archeologists excavating a burial ground where a railway station is planned. The archeologists identified the remains of Flinders by the lead plate placed on top of his coffin. (James O. Jenkins/HS2 via AP)

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