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History in Bricks and Bones: Recent discoveries in the Crypts at Old North Church


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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 gave as part of the Old North digital speaker series in December, she shared more about the history of the Old North crypts, as well as what her team learned by looking within. Among the questions that will be answered are when Old North buried congregants beneath the floor of the church, how many people had their final resting places there, and how church sextons made room for a staggering number of burials in a very limited space.

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History in Bricks and Bones
  • For more past and upcoming talks, check out the Old North Digital Speaker Series
  • Coverage of the crypt restoration from the Herald
  • Coverage of the crypt restoration from NBC 10
  • Northeastern’s Huntington News has some of the best coverage of the crypt project
  • New Hampshire Chronicle covers a local artisan who restored the crypt doors
  • Channel 5 covers the reopening of the Old North crypts
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