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Oct 3, 2012 · The origins of one of America’s oldest unsolved mysteries can be traced to August 1587, when a group of about 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now...
Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
Nov 6, 2020 · An archaeological dig has turned up possible artifacts from the lost Roanoke colony in Bertie County, suggesting some survivors moved inland. The fate of Roanoke's 115 settlers has been a mystery ...
Aug 11, 2015 · Since 1590, the fate of the colonists who settled on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what’s now North Carolina, has been one of America’s great mysteries.
Nov 5, 2020 · Pieces of broken crockery recently unearthed in a North Carolina field belonged to survivors of the ill-fated Lost Colony, the first English settlement in the Americas. That dramatic claim has...
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The lost colony of Roanoke is one of the most-notorious mysteries in American history; the cryptic clues left at the abandoned settlement and the lack of any concrete evidence make it the focus of wild speculation and theories.
Aug 10, 2015 · Ongoing excavations at two sites in North Carolina have yielded new clues about what may have happened to the English settlers who vanished from Roanoke Island around 1590.
