Jane Lyden Rousseau led the team of archaeologists who studied the crypts at Old North Church during a 2023 restoration. While none of the burials were disturbed, her team was able to carefully study the contents of each crypt, learning more about death rituals and burial customs in colonial New England. In a talk she … Continue reading History in Bricks and Bones: Recent Discoveries in the Crypts at Old North Church (episode 291)