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Archaeologists May Have Finally Solved The Mystery Of What Happened To Roanoke
When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a fence post. Following this clue, archaeologists just conducted a decade-long ...
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It Was America’s First English Colony. Then It Was Gone.
Two decades before Jamestown, settlers arrived in what is ... Archaeologists from the First Colony Foundation, a North Carolina nonprofit devoted to Roanoke-related archaeology, set out to ...
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An ancient map could unlock the mystery of Roanoke's lost settlers
An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke colony, a topic that has intrigued researchers for centuries. In 1587, 115 ...
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Historic Map Shines Light On America's Great 400-Year-Old Mystery
The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.