Articles for tag: Ancient Earthworks, Ancient Monuments, Ancient Sites in America, lost civilizations, Prehistoric America

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10 Mysterious Ancient Sites in the U.S. That Challenge Our Understanding of Early Civilizations

February 7, 2026

Across the United States, earthworks, cliff palaces, and desert monuments are rewriting the story we thought we knew about early North America. The mystery is not that people lived here thousands of years ago – it’s how sophisticated, connected, and ambitious many of these communities were. Archaeologists armed with lidar, isotope chemistry, and cutting-edge dating ...

The Serpent Mound: Decoding Ohio’s Ancient Indigenous Earthwork Marvel

November 18, 2025

Suhail Ahmed

On a high ridge above a bend of Brush Creek in southern Ohio, a snake of earth uncoils across the grass, its head poised before an oval like a held breath. The Great Serpent Mound is at once austere and theatrical, a vast effigy that refuses to explain itself even as it invites careful ...

10 Mysterious Ancient Sites in the U.S. That Challenge Our Understanding of Early Civilizations

The Serpent Mound: Decoding Ohio’s Ancient Indigenous Earthwork Marvel

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9 Overlooked Wonders of the Natural World You Never Knew Existed