Teacher:Write an inquisitive question about a specific text span in a given sentence such that the answer is not in the text.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Sentence: In a damp ceremony of discovery Thursday , snow - flecked excavators in Boston retrieved a time capsule whose contents are thought to be almost as old as the nation , and even older .<sep>Span: time capsule
Student:
What was in the time capsule?