Cahokia was the largest pre-Columbian city in North America, and at its peak, the metropolis near modern-day St. Louis was bigger than London.

CAHOKIA, Ill. — More than 1,000 years ago, the Sun Priest of a nameless Indian tribe stood on a piece of flatland west of what was then the largest Indian town in North America and embarked o… ...

Woodhenge, a mile west of Monk's Mound, is a circle of tall posts used to measure the position of the rising sun to mark the summer and winter solstices and the spring and fall equinoxes ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) _ The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will welcome spring with a special dawn event at the “Woodhenge” solar calendar. The March 22 ceremony will be followed … ...

John Hendrix illustrates Cahokia, the Native American “Manhattan” of early America and a collection of over 70 mounds and earthworks.

The authors of Revealing Greater Cahokia, North America's First Native City from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign detailed how the settlement not only featured homes and temples ...

Cahokia Mounds staff host sunrise observation events at Woodhenge the Sunday closest to each solstice and equinox. Location: 30 Ramey St., Collinsville, IL 62234 ...

Integrity Within the boundaries of the property are located the main elements necessary to understand and express the Outstanding Universal Value of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, including the ...

Often overlooked in narratives of ancient civilizations, the archaeological site of Cahokia in the Mississippi River Valley reveals the impressive scale and complexity of a pre-Columbian society that ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Visitors to the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in the southern Illinois community of Collinsville will get a glimpse at a sacred moment in the lives of Native Americans ...