The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation has put together a full lineup of exhibits, talks and programs to recognize Black History Month. The programs encourage visitors to explore the foundation’s two ...

“This program reflects a long-standing collaboration between Colonial National Historical Park and Jamestown High School. This collaboration has taken place since 2011 and continues to provide a ...

Detail of cut marks found on the girl’s jaw, or lower mandible in a stereo-microscopic photo. Smithsonian Institution / Don Hurlbert The harsh winter of 1609 in Virginia’s Jamestown Colony forced ...

WILLIAMSBURG — At just 4 years old, Ethan Rose is already something of a budding history enthusiast. Last year, the preschooler from Washington, D.C., had an archaeology phase, and right now, his ...

Bald eagles are a common sight for archaeologists digging up the first permanent English settlement of North America, with the site densely packed with finds. "At least excavated close to a million ...

The first settlers arrived at Jamestown in Virginia 400 years ago and established the first permanent English colony in America. The NewsHour reports on archeologists' efforts to uncover the ...

It is little wonder that history has not smiled on the colonists of Jamestown. Though recognized as the first permanent English settlement in North America and the setting for the charming (if ...

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 ...