Brittle stucco fell from the entry to a two-century-old tomb beneath Old North Church. Wire mesh was removed next, then a corroded metal hinge. Finally, a carpenter pried open the heavy wooden door with a creak, and two archeologists peered into the darkness.
Slowly, a long-hidden piece of Boston history revealed itself under the harsh glare of flashlights and overhead lamps.
“Oh my God. This is amazing,” said Jane Lyden Rousseau, an expert in bones and burials who began researching the Old North crypt more than a decade ago. “Never in a million years did I think we would get to this point.”
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