In 1590, a supply ship arrived at Roanoke Island to find the colony completely abandoned no bodies, no battle signs, only the ...

When the legend of the Lost Colony took hold in the United States during the 19th century, in a fervor toward forging a sense of national identity, the focus was on Virginia Dare, the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

This column is the result of an article headlined: “‘Smoking gun’ evidence of Lost Colony’s relocation to Hatteras Island makes international news.” It appeared in the May 15, 2025 ...

The story of The Lost Colony of Roanoke has been performed in song and dance for over 80 years at an outdoor theater on the Outer Banks — a production many North Carolina students attend each year.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke is one of the United States’ most enduring mysteries. An amateur archaeologists claims to have discovered proof of what happened to the colony members who completely ...