On Sept. 24, more than 70 people gathered at Jamestown Settlement’s Robins Foundation Theater for “Introducing Jamestown 1862 ...

If Captain John Smith and his band of settlers didn't exactly know where they were when they docked in 1607, they might be heartened to know that hundreds of thousands of visitors who visit the ...

A recent study in Science Advances is changing the story of how some of North America's earliest European settlers used animals. "While Spanish colonists brought horses to the Caribbean decades ...

WILLIAMSBURG — The Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Virginia has presented its first award recognizing ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - September 10, 1608: John Smith was elected President of the Jamestown Colony Council in Virginia. Early in the colony’s history, times were difficult due to food shortages, ...

JAMESTOWN — Every October, Virginia comes alive with Archaeology Month, and Jamestown Rediscovery is digging into the past like never before. This coming Saturday, visitors can explore history ...

The new analysis of animal remains found at Jamestown is the first to show that colonists also brought donkeys to the New ...