What were the Jamestown settlers most interested in?

The Jamestown settlers were primarily interested in finding gold and silver. They had been sent by the Virginia Company of London, which was a group of English investors, to establish a permanent settlement in North America and search for precious metals. The settlers, who were mostly men, were also looking for adventure, religious freedom, and economic opportunities.

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Oldest prehistoric cave painting found in Indonesia
More than 45,000 years old according to researchers, a representation of a wild pig has been discovered in a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Possibly the oldest rock art in the world. Figure of a wild pig made with red ocher on the walls of Leang Tedongnge cave, in Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the old
Racchi, the Inca archaeological complex where the imposing Temple of Viracocha was
Viracocha was the most important divinity of the pre-Hispanic Andean religion and, although he constituted a superior hierarchy along with Inti, Illapa and Punchao, the Spanish missionaries focused their references on him when evangelizing the indigenous people in the idea of a single god. . The
Hares and chickens were considered gods in Britain during the Iron Age
A recent study suggests that brown hares and chickens were first treated as gods, not food, when they arrived in Britain during the Iron Age. Archaeological evidence shows that the first brown hares and chickens to reach Britain were carefully buried and intact. There are no signs of butchery on th
The archaeological expedition that searched for the 'lost Ark' in Jerusalem
It was the year 1911 when a scandal shook Jerusalem and, by extension, the entire Palestinian region, leading the Ottoman Empire to have a friction with the United Kingdom. Members of the Parker Expedition, an archaeological mission excavating in the city, were caught working at night and disguised