SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI—A new study of seeds and spores taken from the interior of Monks Mound suggests that the ten-story earthwork, the largest structure at Cahokia, was built more quickly than had ...

Cahokia was a city that, at its peak from A.D. 1050 to 1200, was larger than many European cities, including London. The city was spread out over 6 square miles (16 square kilometers), encompassed at ...

Runners make their way up and down the 103 steps of Monks Mound at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville in 2013. Steve Nagy [email protected] Q: I recently made yet another visit to the ...

The towering earthen mound oddly soars amid the flat-as-a-pancake river bottoms that surround it. Standing 10 stories tall, it’s impossible to miss from Interstate Highway 55-70 less than a quarter of ...

There’s something awe-inspiring about staring up at a massive, 14-acre mound — 100 feet high and containing 22 million cubic feet of earth — and knowing it was built by hand a millennium ago. This is ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Tiffany Rogers, 35, and Jerrind Howard, 34, of Madison, try to keep up with their daughter Jayda, 5, on their third lap on the ...

An aerial view of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas. Courtesy of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site The ...

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Related Article I grew up in St. Louis — a city built in the shadow of Cahokia, the Native American “Manhattan” of early America. Every St.

COLLINSVILLE — The Interpretive Center at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will begin a yearlong closure March 1 to facilitate $5 million in capital improvement projects at the site. Cahokia Mounds ...

The Midwest is filled with ghosts, the spirits of those who lived here centuries ago. Their presence can be felt at what remains of their ancient cities — some now official historic sites, others ...

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