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More than 60 burial plots have been identified. Thursday’s announcement confirmed what oral histories had long told — that previous generations were buried on the land before it was paved over in the 20th century.
Archaeologists and scientists discovered three graves belonging to men who were part of the First Baptist Church, one of the nation’s oldest Black churches.
Three men whose graves were found at the original site of one of the nation's oldest Black churches were members of its congregation in the early 19th century, a team of archaeologists and scientists in Virginia announced Thursday.
WILLIAMSBURG — The descendent community of The First Baptist Church heard reports from experts regarding DNA, archaeological and osteological analyses of three…
After almost 3 years of unearthing an everyday parking lot, archaeologist uncovered a Black church and recently, they also discovered 63 unmarked graves.