WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – A recreation of one of the first ships to bring settlers to Virginia is heading up north for a two-year preservation project. The recreation of Jamestown Settlement’s Susan ...

WASHINGTON - Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by ...

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, discover its European origins and independent zeal in Virginia's Historic Triangle.

Virginia artist Jeromyah Jones explores Hampton Roads history and protest themes in new Jamestown Settlement exhibit running through March 29.

Researchers announced yesterday (May 1) that they had unearthed the remains of a 14-year-old girl whose skeleton bore the marks of butchering at the hands of her fellow colonists. “The chops to the ...

In Jamestown, Virginia – the first permanent English settlement in America – there's a distinctive black tombstone thought to mark the resting place of a knight. Now, researchers think they've figured ...

The earliest French attempts at settlement in Carolina followed soon after the repeal of the Edict of Nantes in 1562 when a group of Huguenots, led by Jean Ribault, was unsuccessful in establishing a ...

Here is the list of original Jamestown settlers and as much description as Capt. John Smith supplied. (Spelling was flexible in the 17th century.) Councel Master Edward Maria Wingfield Captaine ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Settlers at Virginia's Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609, dismembering and consuming a 14-year-old English girl, the U.S. Smithsonian ...

JAMESTOWN SETTLEMENT — Live music, local art, and a relaxed social atmosphere will take center stage this month as Jamestown ...