Discovering a lost past

Long thought to be lost to erosion, the footprint of the Jamestown fort reveals secrets of past settlers

By Joan Smedinghoff |
1/8 Crosses mark the locations of 29 graves belonging to some of the first settlers of Jamestown who died in 1607. The graveyard lies within the original fort rediscovered by archaeologists in the 1990s. (Photos by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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