A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the late 16th century.

Of course, the failure of the Roanoke Colony did not put an end to the British imperial project in North America, not by a long shot. By 1607, the colony of Jamestown in modern Virginia was ...

In 1587, around 100 colonists newly arrived from England established themselves on Roanoke Island, in present-day North ...

A map showing the location of the Roanoke Colony, drawn by John White in 1585. The hunt for the Lost Colony of Roanoke continues tonight in TV special Return to Roanoke: Search for the Seven ...

The mystery began in 1587, when a group of English colonists landed at what is now known as Roanoke Island, which sits in the outer banks of North Carolina. “Their idea was to create an English ...

For more than 400 years, mystery has shrouded what happened to the 115 English civilians who settled on Roanoke Island, off present-day North Carolina, in 1587. Sometime between their arrival and ...

Explorers, historians and archaeologists have been trying to figure out what happened to the Roanoke colony since at least 1590 when John White, ...

The fate of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island remains one of the biggest questions in North Carolina history. Some believe the colony moved to Hatteras Island and others believe they assimilated ...

The fort symbols are not visible to the naked eye, but were found using imaging techniques, the First Colony Foundation said in a 2012 statement. Site x is located beside a Native American village, ...

So, with American Horror Story‘s Season 6 return last night (after weeks and weeks of agonizing teasers!), we’re sure you’re curious about the Roanoke Colony, which is the foundation for the ...