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Knight’s tombstone conserved in Jamestown


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Archaeologists begin conservation of knight’s tombstone.

Archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne are digging into one of the greatest mysteries of the first English settlement in America: a knight’s tombstone that has been laying on the floor of a church for nearly four centuries. The tombstone posed several mysteries for the Preservation Virginia team. Whose grave does it mark?  What steps should be taken to preserve the damaged stone? And how will the team lift the roughly 1,200 pound stone onto a stable work surface without further damage — or injury?

Read more The Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

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