Archaeologists have discovered the first physical evidence of cannibalism by desperate English colonists driven by hunger during the Starving Time of 1609-1610 at Jamestown, Virginia (map)—the ...

Remembering Jamestown, and Exploring Its Ecology Monday marks the 400th anniversary of the landing at Jamestown; the arrival of the English colonists changed the American landscape dramatically ...

A statue of Capt. John Smith, the foundations of the Pocahontas's wedding chapel (lower right), and an early 1900s church are neighbors in Jamestown, Virginia.

Indigenous dogs roamed Jamestown in the early 17th century and out of desperation during harsh winter months, some colonists ate them, researchers have proven. A team of archaeologists at the ...

Archeologists believe they have finally uncovered the origins of what is believed to be the oldest gravestone in the US, which belonged to English knight, Sir George Yeardley, who died nearly 400 ...

Jamestown races to protect colony from climate change 02:36. That line in the sand starts with shoring up the 1904 seawall along the river bank with 96,000 tons of granite to help deflect the ...

DNA analysis of two skeletons from unmarked graves in a Jamestown church uncovered both men were related to Thomas West, the colony’s first governor, a study found.