July
25
/ 2018
A worldwide team of archaeologists, geneticists, and forensic scientists have been assembled in Jamestown, Virginia to identify the remains of a headless body found in a church dating back to 1617. There are many elements that hint to the identity of the remains, but the researchers are going to take their time and work meticulously before they will declare conclusively if the skeleton was a key player in the early days of American politics. PRNewswire reports that the initial analysis of the remains suggests they belong to the Virginia Governor Sir George Yeardley. So far, they’ve ascertained that the body belonged to a man who died in his 40s and held an important social status in his community. The last
