Sacred eagleA copper headdress plate from Mississippian culture shows an eagle. It was found in Illinois. Smithsonian Institution/Dept. of Anthropology Cahokia Mounds stands at the center of what ...

Embark on a 20-minute journey through Illinois' rich and diverse history. From the ancient Mississippian culture at Cahokia to the pivotal role in the Civil War and the rise of Chicago as a cultural ...

Most folks don’t know America had a city bigger than London back in 1200 CE. Right across from modern St. Louis, Cahokia was ...

There are walking trails through forests that lead to the mounds, and visitors can learn more from visitor center exhibits and interpretive signs that provide historical context. The Gichigamiin ...

Cahokia Mounds, in Collinsville ... For many, the policy pushes are the latest front in decades of advocating for Native culture. While members of the working group acknowledged the movement “crossed ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Cahokia Mounds was the center of the North American mound-building culture, reaching its height by about C.E. 1200. However, within 200 years ...

This article explores the forgotten civilization of Cahokia and the remarkable remnants of their urban center. While the monumental stone pyramids of Egypt and Mesoamerica often dominate our ...

"We also take our students to those Cahokia Mountains for the Native American field trips and and to learn about that history and that culture, and it's important whether it's Native American ...

A long time ago, there was a massive civilization in Illinois, way before Europeans ever arrived. It was called Cahokia, and at its peak, around 20,000 people lived there—making it bigger than ...

In its prime, Cahokia was a prosperous city with a population similar to London’s. But this sprawling Native American metropolis from the Mississippian culture vanished long before Europeans ...

In Civilization 7, unlike previous games in the ... pre-Columbian city we know of in what is now the United States at Cahokia, as well as most of the examples of monumental architecture from ...

Twelfth-century Cahokia, on the banks of the Mississippi River, had a central city about the size of London at the time. The sprawling 12th-century civilization of the Huhugam had several cities ...