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Beneath the vibrancy of the current cityscape, archaeologists have also discovered remnants of Philadelphia's earliest marketplaces. In 2022, while preparing for a major construction project along the Delaware River, workers discovered the foundations of 18th and 19th-century shops and even a slaughterhouse—a testament to the city’s bustling trade history.

Just blocks away, the excavated site of the presidential residence, where George and Martha Washington lived, revealed bustling domestic life and shocking revelations of the hidden presence of enslaved individuals who served them. The remains of the house provide insight not just into the founding of a nation but into the darker corners of its history, encapsulated within the walls of the president's house.