In the heart of North Carolina's Outer Banks lies a place shrouded in enigma: Roanoke Island. It was there, in the late 16th century, that a expedition of English pioneers arrived, seeking a new life. But by the time the next expedition reached, they found the colony utterly deserted. The colonists had vanished without a sound, leaving behind only

The Rosetta Stone, a monumental artifact discovered in 1799, has served as a key to understanding the cryptic hieroglyphs of ancient Egyptian civilization. This remarkable slab, inscribed with the same decree in three different scripts—hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek—provided the crucial link essential for deciphering the long-lost language of