EditorialExcavations at the site of the First Baptist Church, former home to one of the first Black congregations in the United States, at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va., April 27, 2023. (Matt Eich/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavations at the site of the First Baptist Church, former home to one of the first Black congregations in the United States, at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va., April 27, 2023. (Matt Eich/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavations at the site of the First Baptist Church, former home to one of the first Black congregations in the United States, at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va., April 27, 2023. (Matt Eich/The New York Times)
EditorialExcavations at the site of the First Baptist Church, former home to one of the first Black congregations in the United States, at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va., April 27, 2023. (Matt Eich/The New York Times)
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EditorialRabei Khamisy, an archaeologist from Mi’ilya, Israel, who is the driving force behind the local excavations, April 2, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)