Researchers discovered that our ability to recognize trees in art is linked to a mathematical principle called the branch ...
A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...
When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...
One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...
The only trace of the settlers he found was the word "Croatoan" carved into a wooden post - the name of another island just south of Roanoke the home of a Native American tribe. Over the years ...
John White depicted finding a tree carved with ‘Croatoan’. Picture: Stock Montage/Getty Images White subsequently returned to England on what was supposed to be a quick supply run but was ...
Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analysed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists named John White, ...
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 ...