A group of giant mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago just became the US' newest World Heritage Site — take a closer look
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The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, located in south-central Ohio, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list this month.

UNESCO just added 42 new places to its World Heritage Sites.

Of those 42, just one is in the United States: the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio.

A group of giant mounds built by Native Americans thousands of years ago just became the US’ newest World Heritage Site

  • @Fredselfish
    3•1 year ago

    Thank you never heard of these mounds but glad we are preserving them.

    • Flying Squid
      10•1 year ago

      They’re relatively unknown in general, so this will help educate people about them and about a cultural religious center for much of a continent. I forgot to say that some of them are astronomically aligned based on a lunar calendar, one cycle of which takes something like 19 years, so they had to keep track of all of that despite having no apparent writing system. Just incredible.