Dick Shiels, former director of the Newark Earthworks Center at Ohio State University-Newark, explained what World Heritage status would mean for the community back in 2016.

The Newark Earthworks in Ohio consist of three sections of preserved earthworks: the Great Circle Earthworks, the Octagon Earthworks and the Wright Earthworks. Holly Hildreth/Getty Images For more ...

This episode explores the history, cultural significance and global importance as a UNESECO World Heritage site, featuring insights from Ohio State Professors. John Low is a Ohio State professor and ...

The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are eight large earthen enclosures built in Ohio by ancient American Indian peoples between about AD 1 and 400.

After a decade-long legal struggle, the Octagon Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, is now fully accessible to the public, allowing visitors to explore the mounds of earth constructed by Native Americans ...

The Octagon Earthworks in Newark has eight walls, each measuring about 550 feet long and from five to six feet in height, and are joined by parallel walls to a circular embankment. The site is ...

On Saturday, July 20, I will be leading two tours, one at 9 a.m. and another at 6 p.m., of the eastern half of the Newark Earthworks. This is a double helping of the tour I’ve led many times ...

The Octagon Earthworks will open to the public Jan. 1, 2025. An ancient earthwork at the center of a years-long court fight will finally open to the public. Ohio History Connection and ...

The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are eight large earthen enclosures built in Ohio by ancient American Indian peoples between about AD 1 and 400.