CAHOKIA, Ill. — More than 1,000 ... Wittry discovered Woodhenge in 1961 when he spent four months conducting an archeological excavation of what was then the proposed route of an interstate highway.

Visit this otherworldly tourist attraction across the river from St. Louis, Missouri - it's an impressive site of prehistoric ...

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 … ...

Cahokia, with its 30m Monk's Mound pyramid, was a cultural hub for 250 years—before its peoples vanished. ... At the Woodhenge circle of posts that served as an astronomical observatory, ...

Cahokia contains ongoing archaeological work as a UNESCO site. The area was eventually abandoned by the indigenous peoples around 1400 A.D., due to floods, droughts, resource scarcity and other ...

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill — With the ... The winter solstice sunrise observance will take place at 7 a.m. Sunday at the Woodhenge site just west of Monks Mound.

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

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 ...

The event was the annual equinox sunrise ceremony at Cahokia Mounds National Historic site’s “Woodhenge,” a massive sundial built and added to from the 10th to the 12th century from the ...

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 ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - 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 ...