The ancient ceremonial complex at Seip Earthworks is visible again for the first time in over a century. The two and a half mile long embankment walls of this enormous geometric enclosure were long ago plowed nearly flat by decades of farming. However, to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park […]

Southern Ohio boasts the highest density of large prehistoric earthworks in the world. Two thousand years ago, the prehistoric Hopewell people built carefully designed earthworks, typically in the shape of perfect circles and squares. The earthen walls that outline these geometric shapes enclose huge areas, the purpose of which is still largely a mystery. Seip […]