Posted on Sep 17, 2023
Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are about to be a UNESCO World Heritage site
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This country's Grand Canyon, with its awe-inspiring layers of sculpted rich, red rock, is a marvel that draws millions of tourists to gape at its beauty or climb its rugged walls. The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru is a collection of dramatic landscapes and buildings that are considered the most valuable remains of the Inca civilization.
The Grand Canyon and Machu Picchu are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Of just over a thousand sites worldwide deemed of universal importance and value to humankind, there are only 24 in the United States that carry that distinction.
Now, after more than a decade of work and planning, ancient earthworks in Ohio are poised to join them.
This country's Grand Canyon, with its awe-inspiring layers of sculpted rich, red rock, is a marvel that draws millions of tourists to gape at its beauty or climb its rugged walls. The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru is a collection of dramatic landscapes and buildings that are considered the most valuable remains of the Inca civilization.
The Grand Canyon and Machu Picchu are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Of just over a thousand sites worldwide deemed of universal importance and value to humankind, there are only 24 in the United States that carry that distinction.
Now, after more than a decade of work and planning, ancient earthworks in Ohio are poised to join them.
Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are about to be a UNESCO World Heritage site
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."What are the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks?
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks encompass eight sites — a collection of historic earthen mounds built by Indigenous peoples:
Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (five geographically separate elements)
Mound City Group
Hopewell Mound Group
Seip Earthworks
High Bank Earthworks
Hopeton Earthworks
Newark Earthworks
All the sites were built 1,600 to 2,000 years ago by peoples formerly referred to as Hopewell.
“In the past we might sometimes say 'Hopewell culture' or 'Hopewell people,' but what we really understand 'Hopewell' to be now is not a new peoples,” explains Bill Kennedy, site manager and site archeologist at Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve. “It's a new religious movement of people. It's happening all throughout eastern North America. It reaches a fluorescence, though, in southern Ohio that it doesn't reach anywhere else.”...
..."What are the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks?
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks encompass eight sites — a collection of historic earthen mounds built by Indigenous peoples:
Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (five geographically separate elements)
Mound City Group
Hopewell Mound Group
Seip Earthworks
High Bank Earthworks
Hopeton Earthworks
Newark Earthworks
All the sites were built 1,600 to 2,000 years ago by peoples formerly referred to as Hopewell.
“In the past we might sometimes say 'Hopewell culture' or 'Hopewell people,' but what we really understand 'Hopewell' to be now is not a new peoples,” explains Bill Kennedy, site manager and site archeologist at Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve. “It's a new religious movement of people. It's happening all throughout eastern North America. It reaches a fluorescence, though, in southern Ohio that it doesn't reach anywhere else.”...
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