Serpent Mound in Adams County is the most iconic earthen sculpture ever created by the ancestors of North American Indians, but now it can be seen only through a kind of filter. Why? It was damaged by ...

PEEBLES, Ohio – On a lush hilltop deep in Southern Ohio, a giant snake slithers through the grass, its intentions a mystery. Despite more than a century of study, we still don’t know who built the ...

The great Serpent Mound of Ohio, which has long been a subject of study and research for American archaeologists, has been given by the Corporation to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical ...

Fort Ancient in Warren County, along with two other Native American earthworks, will soon be under new management, the Ohio Historical Society announced Thursday, July 16. The move is in response to ...

PEEBLES, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio historical society has discontinued the annual event of lighting the Serpent Mound. The Ohio History Connection says it discontinued “Lighting the Serpent” after ...

The Serpent Mound in Peebles is the largest surviving prehistoric animal effigy mound in the world, according to the Arc of Appalachia, which manages the property. Built on a ridge above Brush Creek, ...

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The exact origin is unknown, but the draw of the American Indian site is clear. On Saturday, June 22, people will gather in a rural area 80 miles east of Cincinnati and await sunset, when the sun will ...

Local artist Santiago X plans to build an effigy mound--a small hill shaped like a coiled serpent--in Horner Park. Effigy mounds were sacred burial mounds built by Native American tribes in North ...

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