Remains of four Jamestown colony leaders discovered in 400-year-old Virginia church
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Bruce Bower
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Archaeologists have discovered the remains of four prominent leaders of the Jamestown colony buried in the first English church in America, dating back over 400 years. The excavation sheds light on the lives and deaths of key figures who helped establish the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States.
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· 3 pulledResearchers have found the remains of four men buried alongside one another in a Jamestown, Virginia, church more than 400 years ago.
These men were among the leaders of the Jamestown colony.
In an answer to archaeologists' prayers, excavations at the site of the first English church in what is now the United States have cast light on the lives and deaths of four key players at Virginia's Jamestown colony.
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