"It's funny that people still pretend that the colonists carved a mysterious word on a tree — 'Croatoan' — and no one knows what it means... It's no secret. We know the real story." In 1585 ...

Illustration depicts John White (c. 1540 - c1593) and others as they find a tree into which the word "CROATOAN" had been ...

The only clue was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a tree. The fate of the settlers remains unknown, with theories ranging from assimilation with local Native American tribes to alien abduction. # 14 ...

When a massive tree toppled in the floodplains of Fonte Boa, a region in the Brazilian Amazon, local fishermen noticed ...

One of the only clues remaining at the site was the word “CROATOAN” carved into a palisade. It either referred to Croatoan Island, which is now called Hatteras Island, or the Croatoan Indians.

The find may be traceable to an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

The carving features what experts now believe to be an 1800s runic interpretation of the Christian Lord’s Prayer. The find may be traceable to an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Seven years ago, a tree fell over in the northern Ontario bush and exposed an archaeological mystery that researchers are still trying to understand. Found carved into the bedrock, not far from ...

But in the future, it's possible that another Doug Smith original tree carving might take a spot on Peaks Island. "People have followed the octopus's progress," Markov-Riss said.

Neighbors said it was a windy morning when the tree fell at about 8 a.m. They heard a giant crash when it landed on Minerole Bonifacia's house. "My daughter's husband, he left his car here, and he ...