BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY) — Many in our region have heard about the Lost Colony, either through books or the well-known play. It speaks of the first English colony to settle on Roanoke Island. A small group ...

BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY) — Many in our region have heard about the Lost Colony, either through books or the well-known play. It speaks of the first English colony to settle on Roanoke Island. A small group ...

Their focus: the "Virginea Pars" map of Virginia and North Carolina created by explorer John White in the 1580s and owned by the British Museum since 1866. "We believe that this evidence provides ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two large piles of iron flakes on North Carolina's Hatteras Island that they say are evidence of a 16th-century "Lost Colony" of English settlers who disappeared in 1587.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Before the Revolution, even before Jamestown, an English colony was established in what is now North ...

One of the most confounding mysteries from the early days of this nation has finally been solved after 435 years – researchers say they have located the so-called Lost Colony of Roanoke.

The smallest things can help tell the biggest stories. What seems to be ordinary dirt — or hard-packed sand — could contain a crucial clue to a centuries-old mystery. Archeologists think that’s the ...

The Roanoke Island Historical Association (RIHA) is proud to present the 89th season of The Lost Colony. The season will run June 4–August 22, 2026. For the ninth year, PNC Bank returns as the ...

The lost colony of Roanoke Island will always be one of the weirdest episodes in American history. It has managed to stay in the news, off and on, for 431 years: the case of 100-plus English settlers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many in our region have heard about the Lost Colony, either through books or the well known play. It speaks of the first English ...