Construction workers have unearthed a 173-year-old time capsule in Singapore's oldest Catholic church.
The time capsule was found underneath the foundation stone of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd during renovations, reported The Straits Times.
Among the items left inside the shoebox-sized capsule were a prayer booklet and newspapers from 1843 plus a range of 18th-and 19th-century coins.
Cathedral rector, Msgr. Philip Heng, told The Straits Times that the discovery demonstrates that Singapore's first Catholics anticipated the community's longevity.
"The founders realized that, one day, someone was going to be digging and would see that they had anticipated and had hope that the Catholic community would still be in existence in Singapore centuries later," Msgr. Heng said.