The recent discovery of copious amounts of iron trash on North Carolina's Hatteras Island may reveal the fate of a ...

This summer, scouting a Roanoke Island shoreline for the National Park Service, Deetz dug up eight blue-and-white shards of a tin-glazed pottery jar or vial, of a type manufactured for only a few ...

Lost Colony of Roanoke: ... “This voyage was the first to include families and farm tools, their mission was to establish a permanent ‘Cittie of Raleigh’ and, of course, ...

The mystery of Roanoke Island began in 1590 when John White, the colony’s governor, returned to the island after a three-year absence in 1590 to find it deserted and the word “Croatoan ...

Here are 13 facts about the origins and demise of Roanoke Island’s hapless colony—and several theories about where its inhabitants may have ended up. 1. Sir Walter Raleigh kickstarted the ...

Appointed governor of the fledgling Roanoke colony by Sir Walter Raleigh, White was returning from England with desperately needed supplies. NG MAPS. But when he stepped ashore on August 18, ...

What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke? In 1587, under the leadership of John White, more than 115 English settlers—including men, women and children—established a colony on Roanoke Island.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke is one of the United States’ most enduring mysteries. An amateur archaeologists claims to have discovered proof of what happened to the colony members who completely ...

A group of over 100 colonists settled on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in 1587, led by Sir Walter Raleigh. John White, the governor of the colony, returned to England for supplies in 1587.