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 ...

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.

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 Newark Earthworks originally were a series of gigantic earthworks built in a variety of geometric shapes, including two circles, an octagon, a square and an oval — all connected by a network ...

If you didn't know any better, you might mistake the Newark Earthworks in southern Ohio for the product of some giant celestial spirit who went crazy with an Etch A Sketch.

The Octagon Earthworks and Newark's Great Circle, along with six other earthworks built by the indigenous Hopewell culture around 2,000 years ago, became Ohio's only World Heritage site in Sept. 2023.

After more than a decade, the ongoing legal battle over the Newark Earthworks’ Octagon Mounds has ended. Moundbuilders Country Club and Ohio History Connection reached a settlement to buy out ...

NEWARK — Newark and other Ohio sites may soon have World Heritage status. A group of eight Ohio prehistoric earthworks sites, including ones in Newark and Chillicothe, may soon become Ohio’s ...

A group of people passes through the gateway of the Great Circle earthwork in Newark. Eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, including the Great Circle and Newark's Octagon are poised to become Ohio's ...