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Hatteras Island

Painting by Englishman John White. Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1590 Expedition to Roanoke Island to find the Lost Colony uncovered 'Croatoan' carved on a tree. This may be in reference to the Croatan island or people. Source: John White / Public domain

Do Artifacts Found at Lost Roanoke Colony Solve 400-Year-Old Mystery?

The fate of the mysterious vanishing Roanoke Colony is becoming clearer as archaeologists have continued to find evidence on Hatteras Island . As historical mysteries go, there is perhaps none so...
Researchers at the British Musuem examined John White's watercolor map using spectroscopy and found the X under a patch on the map.

Archaeologists excavate two sites where Roanoke Lost Colony settlers may have gone

The New World must have seemed so mysterious and alien to the 115 English colonists who settled Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587. They came from a heavily developed country to a...