There is not and probably will never be a Lost Colony “smoking gun.” Roanoke Colony Period Ceramics types found at Site X and Y in Bertie County, findings from the Zuniga and Virginea Pars maps helps answer the old question: Where did the settlers go?
Read More**Postponed Until Fall – Upcoming Public Symposium & Events – March 21-22
Symposium is from 9 am to 4 pm at Roanoke Island Festival Park with free admission. Come out and learn and show your support for the First Colony Foundation in partnership with Elizabeth R & Co.
Read MoreBertie County Archaeological Survey
Indications of 16th century occupation were discovered in Bertie County by a First Colony Foundation team of archaeologists.
Read More400th Commemoration Service of Sir Walter Raleigh at Westminster Abbey
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Read MoreHonoring Joachim Gans
The achievements of Joachim Gans, a skilled metallurgist who accompanied the Lost Colony settlement, were recognized in a dignitary-rich celebration at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on July 27, 2018.
Read MoreLost, Perished, Discovered
First Colony Foundation Vice President Eric Klingelhofer was informed of a problem by colleagues, historian Dr. James Horn and archaeologist Nick Luccketti. In the manuscript of Ivor Noel Hume’s report on the excavations he directed at Roanoke Island in the 1990’s, the picture of Thomas Harriot was found to be of someone else and not Thomas Harriot.
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