In the American Midwest, a mysterious location exhibits the ancient ingenuity of the indigenous people of North America. The Cahokia Mounds site stands on the other side of the river from what is now ...

Here's everything you need to know about visiting Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, the state's aspiring national ...

For most of us, living in or near cities, light pollution makes it impossible to fully appreciate or even to see the Milky Way. The first time I saw the Milky Way, it came as a revelation. I was ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In 2012, UB geography researcher Eun-Hye “Enki” Yoo took an overnight bus to Lençóis, a remote tourist town in northeastern Brazil. She wanted to go hiking. But while she was there, ...

LOUISA COUNTY - Thirteen deeply tanned, grimy students from Dr. R.J. Ruppe's University of Iowa archaeology class spent the summer of 1958 at a dig in the Toolesboro area of Louisa County. They were ...

ANDERSON, Ind. — Mounds State Park in Anderson features 10 unique ancient mounds, or "earthworks." While there are still many questions about the prehistoric people who created the mounds, ...

AKRON, Ohio – Ohio is filled with lots of history. There are presidents (eight in all), Indians, a Revolutionary War fort, a War of 1812 naval battle on Lake Erie, the National Road and the Ohio & ...

For one of the state’s preeminent experts on ancient Indigenous mounds, it made sense to Kurt Sampson to help write a book about the subject, focusing on a mound-rich region in Wisconsin. It would be ...

The Japanese government has nominated a group of 49 ancient burial sites in southern Osaka Prefecture for UNESCO World Heritage status. While the proposal has lifted local hopes for a boost in ...