The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, which scholars have spent hundreds of years searching for.

The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled La Virginea Pars and exhibited at the British Museum, was examined by experts ...

A 400-year-old map could reveal the secrets of a lost English colony that experts have spent hundreds of years searching for.

“It remains a bit of an enigma.” Searchers found the word “CROATOAN” carved on a post—a possible clue to the colonists’ intended destination. Excavations at a Native American village ...