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1994, discovered and subsequently excavated remains of the original 1608 fort where captain john smith and pocahontas walked the grounds. recently, jamestown rediscovery and the smithsonian institution announced they had identified the remains of four skeletons buried 400 years ago inside the fort's church. they also discovered a tiny silver box containing seven bones that may have been considered holy relics by the community. while the bodies were being excavated in 2013, the smithsonian used laser scanning technology to create this 3d model of the entire burial site. this time lapse video recorded
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the excavation process with over 25,000 digital images. now from 2011, a three-part american artifacts recorded shortly after jamestown rediscovery located that four graves. these programs include a tour of the archaeology trenches and a visit to the lap where the artifacts are studied. the original 1607 english settlement at jamestown, virginia, had long been considered lost under the james river until 1994 when bill kelso found evidence of the site. since then the project has on morenurse -- unearthed than one million artifacts, including many complete relatives of the settlers. american history tv visited jamestown for an archaeology tour with mr. kelso. bill: what i'm going to do is to give you a little lecturette to
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