The Serpent Mound in Peebles is the largest surviving prehistoric animal effigy mound in the world, according to the Arc of Appalachia, which manages the property. Built on a ridge above Brush Creek, ...

PEEBLES, Ohio – On a lush hilltop deep in Southern Ohio, a giant snake slithers through the grass, its intentions a mystery. Despite more than a century of study, we still don’t know who built the ...

Serpent Mound in Adams County is the most iconic earthen sculpture ever created by the ancestors of North American Indians, but now it can be seen only through a kind of filter. Why? It was damaged by ...

Serpent Mound is a gigantic earthen sculpture of a snake more than 1,300 feet long and around 4 feet high, with its head aligned to the setting sun on the summer solstice. The site in southern Ohio is ...

Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound is the most famous Indian mound in America. Years ago, when I worked fulltime at the Newark Earthworks visitors center, it was not at all unusual for someone to walk in with ...

The exact origin is unknown, but the draw of the American Indian site is clear. On Saturday, June 22, people will gather in a rural area 80 miles east of Cincinnati and await sunset, when the sun will ...

A pickup truck has left its mark on history, and the 19-year-old accused of driving the truck is facing felony charges after vandalizing Serpent Mound Park.“Unfortunately, one of the things he did was ...

A 19-year-old man, accused of taking a joy ride over an ancient Native American earthwork at Serpent Mound, has confessed to the crime and agreed to pay $3,790 in restitution for damages, according to ...

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring 2018), pp. 62-75 (14 pages) Radiocarbon dates reported by Romain and colleagues (2017) suggesting that Serpent Mound (33AD1) is an Adena ...

I was dismayed by the recent news that the Ohio History Connection has canceled the annual “Lighting the Serpent” celebration conducted at Serpent Mound in southern Ohio at this winter’s solstice on ...

Daniel C. Dargavell pleaded guilty in Adams County Court Friday to driving intoxicated onto the Serpent Mound property in the middle of the night in July and doing damage, including tearing tire marks ...