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

Design Pics Editorial//Getty Images 1845 illustration depicting colonist John White discovering the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590 Scott ...

A single palisade remained, with the word CROATOAN carved into it (the name of a nearby indigenous tribe). In the centuries since, the mystery of what became of the colonists at Roanoke has ...

John White depicted finding a tree carved with ‘Croatoan ... s map on a lightbox to see what was behind the blank cover-up, whereupon the duo discovered a symbol for a fort. The Roanoke ...

In 1587, a group of English settlers established the Roanoke Colony on an ... The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled ...

An illustration depicting John White and others finding a tree carved with the words “Croatoan” on Roanoke Island ... year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists named ...

and others as they find a tree into which the word "CROATOAN" had been carved on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1590. Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images An examination of the map by ...

A single palisade remained from the wooden fortification, with the word CROATOAN ... Roanoke Island. It was a hefty task. While some FCF members began paging through archaeological field reports ...

The map allows users to “delve deeper into the ... of the White Doe” suggests that Virginia Dare was raised among the Croatoan. As she matured, she became a great beauty, drawing the unwanted ...

The first group to arrive, in 1584, came to explore and map the land ... abandoned Roanoke and traveled 50 miles south to Hatteras Island, which was then known as Croatoan Island.

New archaeological evidence shines a light on the story of the now-famous settlers of the Roanoke colony ... only evidence they found was the words “CROATOAN” and “CRO” carved into ...