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

Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old ...

One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...

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

“She was from Roanoke Island.” Her name was Virginia Dare Bowser Tillet. Leaving Morrison’s house, it occurs to me that our 400-year-old obsession with the Lost Colony isn’t just about ...

A 16th-century map could offer insights into the enigma surrounding the settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Established in 1587 on the island that now shares its name, near the current North ...

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

Married to Ananias Dare, Eleanor gave birth to Virginia—the first English child born in the New World—shortly after the English colonists landed on Roanoke ... of the Lost Colony’s ordeal ...

English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort built ... from their earthly captivity before the entire colony is lost.

Based on real events, the story of an isolated island colony called Roanoke. When its governor John White leaves for a trip to England he puts his pregnant daughter Eleanor in charge, but his return ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. The legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has haunted American history for centuries. In July 1587, a British colonist named John White accompanied 117 people to ...

The Roanoke Island mystery may have been solved ... to continue probing Site X to glean more insight into the lost Roanoke colony’s fate.