Fort Ancient, therefore, like Newark’s Octagon Earthworks, was linked to the rhythms of the cosmos. Recent research has revealed the remains of a “woodhenge” in the North Fort that consisted ...

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 ...

But Newark’s Octagon Earthworks and the Great Circle in Heath are not burial mounds. Built by the Hopewell culture between AD 1 and 400, they were more like great temples or cathedrals.

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.

HEATH — On a recent humid Thursday in August, John Low sat beneath a tree at the Newark Earthworks. Behind him stood the Great Circle, a nearly 2,000-year-old earthen enclosure built by ...

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 ...

Historians hoping to preserve the ancient Octagon Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, as a UNESCO World Heritage site face a problem: the golf club that leases the property.

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 ...

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