Learn about Jamestown and its settlers from the experts featured in Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark Winter.
Designer: Kyle Sweet
Producer: Chie Miyajima
Features
Map: Archaeological Discoveries at Jamestown
Discover more about the lives of Jamestown colonists by following this map of various archaeological...
5 Additional Cases of Survival Cannibalism You May Not Know About
Following archaeologists and forensic anthropologists as they excavate the early American colony, Secrets of the...
Dark rumors surrounding Jamestown
Could the marks of the bones be evidence of cannibalism?
The struggles of Jamestown in the early 1600s
In the summer of 1609, a fleet of English ships sails across the Atlantic for Jamestown.
Behind the Scenes Gallery
See behind the scenes stills from Jamestown’s Dark Winter.
Jamestown’s Dark Winter
Uncover the truth about the first permanent English colony in the New World
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