Who built Serpent Mound—and why? While some date it to 1,000 years ago, its precise alignment with the summer solstice sunset suggests deeper cosmic wisdom. Ancient builders may have recognized the ...

While not all earthworks in Ohio are specifically Hopewell Mounds – such as the solar-aligned Serpent Mound Historical Site in Peebles, Ohio, for example – Wood sees them all as "icons" of ...

In 2023, eight of Hopewell's earthworks were inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage site.These include The Great Circle and The Octagon in Newark, Ohio, as well Ohio's first state park, Fort Ancient ...

The winter solstice offers an opportunity to honor the cultural and spiritual significance of Indigenous sites like Ohio's Serpent Mound, but columnist Nancy Kelsey urges visitors to approach ...

Serpent Mound Historical Site. The Serpent Mound Historical Site, located in Peebles, Ohio, is the world's largest effigy mound, a raised mound constructed in the shape of an animal.The museum ...

Ohio’s Serpent Mound might just be one of the most fascinating prehistoric sites in North America. Located in Adams County, it’s the largest known surviving example of a prehistoric effigy ...

Imagine you're living in ancient times in what is now Ohio. One day you and your friends decide: Let's make a 1,376-foot-long (419-meter-long) snake sculpture on the edge of this meteorite crater ...

Eight sites in central and southern Ohio comprise the Hopewell ... About 60 miles southwest of Newark, ... the Serpent Mound is an earthwork along the Hopewell route under a separate ...

Two mound complexes – Newark, which is part of the network that was designated a heritage site, and Serpent, located in the same area but isn’t technically part of Hopewell and so wasn’t ...