Ohio's history spans from ancient Native American cultures to its current role in the United States. This video traces the ...

Earthworks have been linked to ceremonial and defensive uses, and they offer a glimpse of what ancient settlements may have looked like. Many Amazonian earthworks that predate the arrival of ...

The massive earthworks comprise eight ancient sites spread across 150 kilometers (90 miles) of what is present-day southern Ohio, including one located on the grounds of a private golf course and ...

Despite names like 'Fort' Ancient, the earthworks served as ceremonial centers, not military ones. "Fort Ancient is one of the types of earthworks that these people build – it is what we will ...

They represent the remnants of a variety of sites and structures built by ancient Indigenous peoples. The previously unknown earthworks include the remains of an ancient town, fortified villages ...

A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio described as "part cathedral, part cemetery and part astronomical observatory" was added Tuesday to the list of UNESCO ...

A calendar marking mound at Fort Ancient is one of four that were used to track the passage of time. Thursday marks one year since Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks were inscribed on the ...

Explore the 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the United States, from ancient cultural landmarks to breathtaking national ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has recognized the Octagon Earthworks in central Ohio as a cultural marvel. By Sarah Bahr Sarah Bahr has been reporting on the battle for control over the ...

It wasn’t until the late 1970s when a team of archaeologists figured out that these trenches were actually ancient earthworks. At the time “nobody thought that giant structures like these ...