07/11/2025 - "It's the largest necropolis of its kind in the world", ERA's Lucy Evangelista on the 'Histórias de Lisboa' podcast

Lucy Shaw Evangelista was on journalist Miguel Franco de Andrade's weekly podcast, 'Histórias de Lisboa', discussing the significant excavation carried out at the former São Domingos Convent.

As part of a vast archaeological and restoration project at the São Domingos Convent, ERA's team discovered and excavated a children's cemetery dating from a period after the 1755 earthquake, when the convent was severely affected. Almost 3,000 burials from the late 18th and early 19th centuries were identified and studied at the site. The overwhelming majority of the people buried there were between 26 weeks and 1 year old.

It is a unique find of enormous relevance to the knowledge of Lisbon's past, which archaeological and bioanthropological research will help understand.

The podcast is available at the links below: 

https://sicnoticias.pt/podcasts/historias-de-lisboa/2025-11-07-comecamos-a-escavar-e-de-repente-tinhamos-2846-esqueletos-no-convento-de-sao-domingos.-e-a-maior-necropole-do-genero-no-mundo-cc0ad23b

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0U6vKQoUOxgv9Dim2NDo0D

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