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Researchers think they solved the mystery of America's 'Lost Colony'
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4aypd...ook-claims
EXCERPTS: It’s a "mystery" older than the United States and one every American kid learns in school. British settlers attempted to settle on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587. The colony’s supplies were low and some of the settlers went on a resupply mission. Delayed by harsh weather, they returned in 1590 to find an empty island devoid of settlers. The homes were empty, some of the chores seemingly abandoned mid-action. There were no bodies, just one word carved into a tree: “CROATOAN.”
The missing settlers were never found, but a new book outlines a wealth of evidence that would confirm the leading theory of what happened to them. [...] According to Scott Dawson, author of The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, these legends are just myths that cover up a very simple explanation. “They were never lost. It was made up. The mystery is over,” he told The Virginian-Pilot. For more than a decade, teams of researchers and archaeologists have unearthed sites on Roanoke Island in North Carolina that support the theory that the Lost Colony integrated into the indigenous population.
In 2015, National Geographic detailed a new find of broken English bowls, a sword hilt, and the fragment of a writing tablet mixed among the remains of Croatoan Indians on Hatteras island. [...] Given this mounting archaeological evidence, gathered and explained in Dawson’s book, it's incredible how long wild theories have persisted. Even in 1590, people assumed that the settlers had gone to live with the indigenous people. It was a common occurrence at the time for settlers to join indigenous tribes and integrate into them. ... Explorer John Lawson visited the island in 1701 and reported that several of the Hatteras people claimed “several of their ancestors were white people." (MORE - details)
The Mystery of Royston Cave
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/08/th...ave/134753
EXCERPTS: Royston Cave is an artificial cave located beneath the streets of Roystonx in Hertfordshire, England. The cave was constructed as a circular, bell-shaped chamber sunk into the chalk bedrock near the junction of the prehistoric and Roman trackway, known as the Icknield Way, and Ermine Street (the Roman Road from London to York). [...] The cave walls are decorated with an elaborate series of carvings unique in Britain, and only comparable to medieval carvings found in sites across central Europe and Israel.
[...] The carvings appear to correspond to the 13th century ... but this is where the mystery of Royston Cave has caused debate amongst academics who try to determine its origins and function. One such theory suggests that the cave was used as a secret meeting site for members of the Knights Templar ... Other theories try to connect the cave with Freemasons ... It has also been suggested that the cave was built as a private chapel for the wife of William the Conquerer’s steward, Lady Roisia... Less prosaic theories propose a Saxon way-side hermitage, a flint mine, or simply a storehouse for Augustinian monks from the local priory... (MORE - details)
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4aypd...ook-claims
EXCERPTS: It’s a "mystery" older than the United States and one every American kid learns in school. British settlers attempted to settle on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587. The colony’s supplies were low and some of the settlers went on a resupply mission. Delayed by harsh weather, they returned in 1590 to find an empty island devoid of settlers. The homes were empty, some of the chores seemingly abandoned mid-action. There were no bodies, just one word carved into a tree: “CROATOAN.”
The missing settlers were never found, but a new book outlines a wealth of evidence that would confirm the leading theory of what happened to them. [...] According to Scott Dawson, author of The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, these legends are just myths that cover up a very simple explanation. “They were never lost. It was made up. The mystery is over,” he told The Virginian-Pilot. For more than a decade, teams of researchers and archaeologists have unearthed sites on Roanoke Island in North Carolina that support the theory that the Lost Colony integrated into the indigenous population.
In 2015, National Geographic detailed a new find of broken English bowls, a sword hilt, and the fragment of a writing tablet mixed among the remains of Croatoan Indians on Hatteras island. [...] Given this mounting archaeological evidence, gathered and explained in Dawson’s book, it's incredible how long wild theories have persisted. Even in 1590, people assumed that the settlers had gone to live with the indigenous people. It was a common occurrence at the time for settlers to join indigenous tribes and integrate into them. ... Explorer John Lawson visited the island in 1701 and reported that several of the Hatteras people claimed “several of their ancestors were white people." (MORE - details)
The Mystery of Royston Cave
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/08/th...ave/134753
EXCERPTS: Royston Cave is an artificial cave located beneath the streets of Roystonx in Hertfordshire, England. The cave was constructed as a circular, bell-shaped chamber sunk into the chalk bedrock near the junction of the prehistoric and Roman trackway, known as the Icknield Way, and Ermine Street (the Roman Road from London to York). [...] The cave walls are decorated with an elaborate series of carvings unique in Britain, and only comparable to medieval carvings found in sites across central Europe and Israel.
[...] The carvings appear to correspond to the 13th century ... but this is where the mystery of Royston Cave has caused debate amongst academics who try to determine its origins and function. One such theory suggests that the cave was used as a secret meeting site for members of the Knights Templar ... Other theories try to connect the cave with Freemasons ... It has also been suggested that the cave was built as a private chapel for the wife of William the Conquerer’s steward, Lady Roisia... Less prosaic theories propose a Saxon way-side hermitage, a flint mine, or simply a storehouse for Augustinian monks from the local priory... (MORE - details)