A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...

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For a while, Cahokia was an ordinary-sized settlement, but around 1000 A.D., agriculture—especially corn—became a food staple for Native tribes, transforming nomadic societies into more ...

Anthropologists believe these mounds — including the lost city's largest, the 100-foot Monk Mound — served as high ground to elevate, honor and protect homes of the Cahokia's civic leaders.

The mounds in the St. Louis area are believed to have been built from roughly 800 to 1450. Even today, many mounds remain in nearby Cahokia, Ill. Experts believe that at one time centuries ago ...

James Lee III’s “Visions of Cahokia” explores the birth and death of a Native American city that was settled around 600 B.C. in a section of southern Illinois near St. Louis.

Collinsville, Illinois, is some 6,3oo miles from Giza, Egypt. But the two cities aren't as far apart as they might seem.

The mounds in the St. Louis area are believed to have been built from roughly 800 to 1450. Even today, many mounds remain in nearby Cahokia, Illinois. Experts believe that at one time centuries ...

The mounds in the St. Louis area are believed to have been built from roughly 800 to 1450. Even today, many mounds remain in nearby Cahokia, Illinois. Experts believe that at one time centuries ...

The mounds in the St. Louis area are believed to have been built from roughly 800 to 1450. Even today, many mounds remain in nearby Cahokia, Illinois. Experts believe that at one time centuries ...

The mounds in the St. Louis area are believed to have been built from roughly 800 to 1450. Even today, many mounds remain in nearby Cahokia, Illinois. Experts believe that at one time centuries ...