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Philly’s First Baptist Church cemetery remains — nearly 500 who died between 1707 and 1859 — were quietly reburied last week

The reburial marked the end of one chapter in the saga of the remains, which were discovered seven years ago during construction of a luxury apartment building.

Kimberlee Sue Moran, a professor and director of forensics at Rutgers University-Camden, in February with boxes containing the carefully stored remains of nearly 500 people who were buried in the old First Baptist Church cemetery on Arch Street in Philadelphia.
Kimberlee Sue Moran, a professor and director of forensics at Rutgers University-Camden, in February with boxes containing the carefully stored remains of nearly 500 people who were buried in the old First Baptist Church cemetery on Arch Street in Philadelphia.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer