When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...

What was lost is now found. Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded historians for centuries. The caper concerns a ...

A 16th-century map could offer insights into the enigma surrounding the settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Established in 1587 on the island that now shares its name, near the current North ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded ... in 1590. Getty Images Their whereabouts baffled historians ...

Picture: Stock Montage/Getty Images White subsequently returned ... whereupon the duo discovered a symbol for a fort. The Roanoke Island mystery may have been solved. Picture: British Museum ...