On May 14, 1607, a group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. Famine, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JAMESTOWN, Va. — The skeleton was beautifully laid out in a formal English-style burial, hands at the sides, palms down, the body probably pinned up in a shroud. The arms, legs, and ribs were largely ...

Learn more about where Jamestown colonists first found donkeys on their voyage to the Americas. Hint, they didn’t come from England. When the Jamestown colonists first arrived in Virginia, they ...

For as long as it’s been a part of history, the colony at Jamestown has been a bit of an older, ugly stepsister compared to the Pilgrims at Plymouth. The goals and plight of the Pilgrims speak to the ...

Anne Burras was only 14 when she arrived in Jamestown, Va., in 1608. She was maidservant to another woman who died shortly after their arrival. For a time, Anne was the only English woman in a colony ...

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 ...