Weird but True: 09/24/24
Archeologists believe they have finally uncovered the origins of what is believed to be the oldest gravestone in the United States — which belonged to an English knight who died nearly 400 years ago.
Overgrown Philadelphia cemetery filled with 33K dead tenants, creepy stuffed animals up for sale for $1M “Wealthy colonists in the Tidewater region of the Chesapeake Bay at this time preferentially selected black ‘marble’ for their gravestones that was actually polished, fine-grained, black limestone.”The historic stone, erected near the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, is believed to have come from Europe, according to a new study.
There it was further carved, the brass inlays were installed, and it was loaded onto an American-bound ship as ballast.
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