Wikimedia CommonsJohn White’s depiction of his 1590 expedition to Roanoke Island, when he discovered that the colony had disappeared. Now, recently-unearthed evidence may shed light on what ...

A row of piles had been driven and extended within three-quarters of a mile of Roanoke Island, and about one mile and a half of Croatan, which is opposite. On Thursday, about daylight, a large ...

English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort built years before deserted. Soon after members of the colony begin to die in horrible ways. Leader Before returning to England ...