In May of 1607, a hearty group of Englishmen arrived on the muddy shores of modern-day Virginia under orders from King James I to establish an English colony. But despite their efforts, the Jamestown ...

HAMPTON, Va. – To honor early American explorers, NASA will fly into space four coins and a nearly 400-year-old artifact from historic Jamestown. The items will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis during ...

JAMESTOWN, Va. — Jamestown’s roots run deep. It’s the spot where settlers built a permanent English settlement along the James River four centuries ago. These days, archaeologists have been digging, ...

JAMESTOWN, VA. – NASA researchers are helping archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne learn more about North America’s first settlers. Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have discovered a piece of ...

It is a buckler, she explains, a shield used in handto- hand combat. It was found in a trench surrounding the fort’s east bulwark. By 1607, she says, bucklers were considered largely obsolete as tools ...

A recent study of animal bones found in the James Fort’s second well and the more than 200,000 artifacts uncovered there are just “more pieces of evidence to connect the dots relating to the evolution ...

Jamestown residents likely turned to Indigenous dogs as a food source several times during the first 10 years of their Virginia colonization, according to a new study in American Antiquity. They also ...

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 ...

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JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation is inviting community members to celebrate Virginia Archaeology Month with programs and walking tours at Historic Jamestowne, beginning with ...