Today marks the winter solstice — the shortest day and longest n. newslink. MARIETTA TIMES ... Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Cahokia mounds in Illinois to track celestial events.

Welcome winter at Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville, Illinois Guests can participate in a discussion and discovery about the significance of the site. To stream 5 On Your Side on your phone, you need ...

Cahokia Mounds is the largest archaeological site in the Americas north of Mexico. 80 mounds remain from an original tally ... Cahokia Mounds in southern Illinois attracts winter solstice enthusiasts.

In Cahokia, indigenous people built numerous temple pyramids or mounds, similar to the structures built by the Aztecs in Mexico, over a thousand years ago. Among their constructions, what most stands ...

In Cahokia, indigenous people built numerous temple pyramids or mounds, similar to the structures built by the Aztecs in Mexico, over a thousand years ago. Among their constructions, what most stands ...

By that calendar, winter began on Dec. 1 and will last through the end of February. Ancient monuments could revolve around solstice . Many ancient cultures observed the solstice and have left remnants ...

The winter solstice doesn’t line up perfectly with ... Miller said about 1,000 years ago people at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in southwestern Illinois used “woodhenge” or large ...

Many Americans picturing winter solstice celebrations may immediately think of Stonehenge, ... such as Cahokia in Illinois – temple pyramids and mounds, ...

Some societies in North America expressed this knowledge through constructions at special sites, such as Cahokia in Illinois – temple pyramids and mounds, similar to those the Aztecs built ...

The dead of winter, when the longest night of the year takes place, has also traditionally been celebrated as a time of renewal and reverence. Why winter solstice matters around the world: 4 ...

Artists conception of the winter solstice sunrise over Fox Mound as seen from the Woodhenge timber circle circa 1000 CE at the Mississippian culture Cahokia Mounds site near Collinsville, Illinois.