The preserved remnants of the once vast Newark Earthworks include the enormous Great Circle and the only slightly smaller circular earthwork connected to a gigantic octagonal enclosure that together ...

The axial alignment of the moonrise with Newark's Octagon Earthworks. This is the 75 th column about the Newark Earthworks and the World Heritage site designation effort that I have provided to the ...

I am honored to have the opportunity to share some of my thoughts about the Newark Earthworks. I am an associate professor at the Ohio State University Newark campus and, as of Sept. 1 of this year, ...

Daniel Wilson, a distinguished 19th century Canadian archaeologist, first came to Newark in 1856. He wanted to see for himself the amazing earthworks described in the first publication of the ...

NEWARK — Twenty months after Licking County won the Super Bowl of economic development with Intel Corporation, the Newark-Heath area became part of a worldwide cultural hall of fame. The UNESCO World ...

The clubhouse of the private Moundbuilders Country Club, the site of the Octagon Earthworks, is seen in Newark, Ohio, on May 24, 2024. April 18 is World Heritage Day, but Ohio History Connection is ...

HEATH — On a recent humid Thursday in August, John Low sat beneath a tree at the Newark Earthworks. Behind him stood the Great Circle, a nearly 2,000-year-old earthen enclosure built by indigenous ...

The Ohio History Connection and Newark Earthworks Center will host students Sunday and Monday to see the Historic Octagon Earthworks structure built by American Indians at its annual open house. Sarah ...

A group of people passes through the gateway of the Great Circle earthwork in Newark. Eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, including the Great Circle and Newark's Octagon are poised to become Ohio's ...

Join us for an evening to learn and celebrate Ohio’s rich history with fellow Buckeyes. Learn about the ancient Hopewell culture at the Newark Earthworks, Ohio’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site, with ...