/tags/earthworks earthworks en-US Copyright Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:35:24 GMT /2025-07-28/as-u-s-plans-to-exit-unesco-ohio-earthwork-may-see-years-of-delay-in-world-heritage-nomination The U.S. exit from the United Nations' cultural agency leaves some archaeologists and American Indian leaders worried that Ohio's Serpent Mound will face big barriers to being listed as a World Heritage site. Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:35:24 GMT /2025-07-28/as-u-s-plans-to-exit-unesco-ohio-earthwork-may-see-years-of-delay-in-world-heritage-nomination Adriana Martinez-Smiley /local-news/2025-06-02/hopewell-earthwork-fortified-hill-tours-pyramid-hill After much preservation and study, tours of Fortified Hill in Butler County's Ross Township are planned for the first weekend of each month through November. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:28:00 GMT /local-news/2025-06-02/hopewell-earthwork-fortified-hill-tours-pyramid-hill Tana Weingartner /local-news/2025-04-11/ohio-world-heritage-week-fort-ancient-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-wvxu A series of week-long events are planned at seven of the eight Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks sites. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:56:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-11/ohio-world-heritage-week-fort-ancient-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-wvxu Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-12-16/octagon-earthworks-open-public-january-1 After years of legal battles, the day is nearly here when the Octagon Earthworks in Newark will be fully opened to the public. The mounds are part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:38:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-16/octagon-earthworks-open-public-january-1 Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-09-17/fort-ancient-first-anniversary-unesco-world-heritage-designation It's been one year since Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Visitation locally at Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve is seeing an increase. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:11:00 GMT /local-news/2024-09-17/fort-ancient-first-anniversary-unesco-world-heritage-designation Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-08-01/country-club-earthwork-site-settlement-deal Ohio History Connection says it has reached a deal with Moundbuilders Country Club on a sale price for land that includes the Octagon Earthworks, an ancient Native American earthwork. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:43:46 GMT /local-news/2024-08-01/country-club-earthwork-site-settlement-deal Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-05-07/ohio-appalachia-grant-money-waterfronts-historic-sites A number of sites in the Greater Cincinnati region won a recent round of grant funding from the state of Ohio. Tue, 07 May 2024 17:29:07 GMT /local-news/2024-05-07/ohio-appalachia-grant-money-waterfronts-historic-sites Nick Swartsell /local-news/2024-04-16/ohio-supreme-court-earthworks-moundbuilders-ohio-history-connection In another set-back for the owners of a Licking County golf course, the Ohio Supreme Court has decided not to take up a case involving Ohio History Connection and the Moundbuilders Country Club. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:06:03 GMT /local-news/2024-04-16/ohio-supreme-court-earthworks-moundbuilders-ohio-history-connection Tana Weingartner /local-news/2024-01-18/court-dismisses-country-club-appeal-octagon-earthworks The case will now return to the court in Licking County unless it's appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:10:39 GMT /local-news/2024-01-18/court-dismisses-country-club-appeal-octagon-earthworks Tana Weingartner /local-news/2023-12-18/fort-ancient-first-winter-solstice-unesco-world-heritage-site Every December, on the shortest day of the year as fall officially gives way to winter, a feat of ancient astronomy and mathematics is on display in the Southwestern Ohio community of Oregonia. Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:18:00 GMT /local-news/2023-12-18/fort-ancient-first-winter-solstice-unesco-world-heritage-site Tana Weingartner