Uploaded December 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In a burial within the Jamestown colony's first church, a small sealed silver box, likely a religious reliquary, was discovered. Janine Skerry, Curator of Metals, at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, discusses the origins of the silver box in this short film. To learn more about this and other discoveries please visit historicjamestowne.org and https://3D.si.edu to see a digital model of the burial site.
In a burial within the Jamestown colony's first church, a small sealed silver box, likely a religious reliquary, was discovered. Janine Skerry, Curator of Metals, at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, discusses the origins of the silver box in this short film. To learn more about this and other discoveries please visit historicjamestowne.org and https://3D.si.edu to see a digital model of the burial site.
