An investigation of human remains from the 17th century British settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, has unearthed a long-hidden scandal in the family of the colony’s first governor. Thomas West became ...

Scientists have verified that early Jamestown, Va., colonists ate fellow settlers in order to stay alive during a brutal winter dubbed "the starving time." It has long been believed that colonists ...

2006-10-15 04:00:00 PDT Jamestown, Va.-- If history were fair, I was thinking as I left Jamestown, Va., last month, Pocahontas would be on Mount Rushmore, and so would John Smith. They deserved it.

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2012-01-21T13:55:45-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/483/303694-02-m.jpgOn May 14, 1607, 104 English settlers landed at Jamestown Island, Virginia to establish a ...

Jamestown, Virginia — More than 400 years after the first European settlers arrived, Jamestown, Virginia, is struggling to survive the ravages of climate change. "We are concerned that if we don't ...

Excavations along the Rappahannock River in Virginia have revealed the likely spot of Indigenous villages once described by ...

Last weekend a group of archaeologists unearthed a skeleton they think belongs to the man who presided over the first representative government assembly in the Western Hemisphere. Now, they have to ...

JAMESTOWN, Va. --Archaeologists announced this week they have uncovered remains of four people, buried at the first permanent English settlement in America, in Jamestown, Virginia. "In this grave was ...

Come celebrate the holiday season at the Jamestown Settlement and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown to go back in time ...

JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) - Foundations are now in place for towers that will hold a new power line crossing the James River near colonial Jamestown Island. The Daily Press reports that Dominion Energy has ...

Four Centuries after the first successful English settlement, new surprises. Jamestown, Va., May 2, 2007 — -- They came in three small ships with lyrical names: the Godspeed, the Discovery and ...