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To preserve it for the long journey, they removed his heart, treated the body with salt and left it to dry in the sun for fourteen days before carrying it more than 1,500 kilometres to the coast. From there, Livingstone&#8217;s remains were transported to the United Kingdom and laid to rest in Westminster Abbey in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His <strong>heart<\/strong>, however, <strong>remained in Africa<\/strong>. It was buried near the Bangweulu Wetlands <strong>beneath a tree<\/strong> marked with an inscription identifying the site. When the tree was cut down in 1899, the carved inscription was taken to the Royal Geographical Society in London. 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