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Archaeologists are using ground-penetrating radar and GPS to survey part of the Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island, an erosion-threatened area that could hold artifacts from the Algonquian village where English explorers first made contact in 1584.
Disappeared from the north carolina coast. archaeologist are dealing 60 miles inland in merry hill. they have artifacts could be there. this came from a brit approximatish museum where a hidden symbol marked the spot. we are joined by the curator of the first colony foundation. welcome, this is an exciting day for you. you revealed some of the information and artifacts that you have uncovered there? >> yes, this is work that is going on for sometime now. and we are feeling confident enough to release some of this information. >> i mean, it made movies about the lost colony and so forth. first ...
Late 16th century by john white who was the leader of the lost colony has been in the british museum since the 19th century. and no one questioned the patches. >> plugs of paper. >> where it looked like a mistake was made? >> exactly. one of our team and one of the first colony foundation, asked the british museum to see the back of the map. it shoes nothing what so ever. but they back lit it and low and behind a fort showed up undernegotiate. it was incredible. >> that led you to the spot you are digging now. 50 miles to the north and east of where roanoke island is. >> that was what was writ...