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We were lucky enough to have Archaeologist Nicholas Luccketti lecture here last October. Since then, he has been involved in the search for the Lost Colony and will be presenting on it at the Hampton History Museum on July 19th. Check it out! ... See MoreSee Less
In Search of the Lost Colony
July 19, 2017, 12:00pm - July 19, 2017, 12:00pm
Spend your lunch hour with us as Nicholas Luccketti, principal investigator and archaeologist of the James River Institute for Archaeology, Inc. and vice president of research for First Colony Foundation, offers tantalizing clues unearthed in recent archaeology as to the whereabouts of one of our nation’s longest-standing mysteries—the relocation of the Roanoke Settlers of the Lost Colony to a site in Eastern NC called “Site X.”
Archaeologists have been searching for evidence of Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1585 Lane Colony and the 1587 “Lost Colony” at Roanoke Island since the 1890’s. Much of this work has focused around an earthen fortification at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site that has long been attributed to Raleigh’s colonists. The First Colony Foundation has conducted excavations at Fort Raleigh and more recently at Site X about 50 miles from Roanoke Island where a combination of documentary, cartographic, and archaeological evidence strongly suggests was the site of a small group of Raleigh’s 1587 colonists. This lecture will present an overview of the First Colony Foundation research at Roanoke Island and Site X.
Bring a bag lunch—we’ll have free dessert for you!
This program is free and open to the public. The Hampton History Museum is located at 120 Old Hampton Lane in Downtown Hampton. There is free parking in the garage across the street from the museum. For more information call 757-727-1102.
Is your organization, church or group interested in speakers for your events? Our Outreach Coordinator and Museum Interpreter John Ericson has an array of lecture material from the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, Religion and the American Revolution and Religion and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Call us at Historic St. Luke's to book a presentation. 757-357-3367. ... See MoreSee Less
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