Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...

Buy Photo This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, or, more accurately, Breed's Hill, ...

Reopening graves and interacting with the dead was considered a dangerous act,” but the 900-year-old burial mound was ...

This is known as the Driftless Area, and most of it resides in southwestern Wisconsin, a rural region that begins ...

ACROSS England’s rolling hills, moors, and wooded valleys, ancient stories lie hidden beneath the soil. The traces of Neolithic farmers, Bronze Age chieftains, and Iron Age warriors remain etched into ...

The moidams of Charaideo, the royal burial mounds of the Ahom dynasty (13th–19th centuries), represent a distinctive funerary tradition in Assam. On 26 July 2024, UNESCO recognised the moidams at ...

Now, Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc. is working with the city to redesign the park where the burial mounds were unearthed. Officials expect to be finishing within the next five years, Van Driel said.

Established in 1949 by President Harry S. Truman, 2,500-acre Effigy Mounds National Monument protects more than 200 known mound sites, which means the monument currently preserves the largest ...

Toolesboro Mounds Traveling even further back in Indigenous history on what's now Iowa, these burial mounds in Wapello came from the Havana Hopewell people.

While the visitor center and museum located in the federal building are closed on Sundays and Mondays, the outdoor memorial includes signage, an artistic memorial sculpture, and several burial mounds.

Published: 17 Jun, 2025 CET. Updated: Tue 17 Jun 2025 13:55 CET An archaeologist works at a Viking Age burial site in Lisbjerg. Photo: James Brooks/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix In an accidental find, a ...