Cahokia Mounds once one of the greatest cities in the world
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Published 2019-09-21
The archeology of the area has shed light on the lives and accomplishments of the Mississippian people that once inhabited this land, and the Interpretive Center and surviving mounds at Cahokia continue to educate visitors all year round.
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All Comments (21)
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I am so glad I saw this mound in person. Unfortunately the museum and gift shop were closed. I highly recommend getting a guided tour, I learned so many things.
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Great video. An ancient site has been discovered during excavation for housing development in NC.
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Grew up in Collinsville. There was no Cahokia Mounds Center then or real knowledge taught in the schools on the Mississippians culture. It is fantastic to see what it has become now!
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Also include the mounds that were destroyed on the St. Louis side of the Miss. Also the mounds of the tributaries of the Mississippi below and above St Louis. Most plowed over.
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the music in the back is so peaceful
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Nice video, I just visited there myself and made one.
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I live miles from here and find things in my plowed fields all time
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When will they seek the stories from the People have connections to this place. Ca'Hokia was a place of trade & ceremony, Tribes from all across Turtle Island came to this place centuries before colonizers came to these shores. Weary of narratives about us without us 🪶💜🌎
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Thank You 😊 I believe these mounds were everywhere. There is a mound out Moonlight Road by Westwood Northern CA and no one cares. When I am near it, there's a feeling that I get. I get a strange feeling when I am in special places. I want to determine if what I think is true. This is Native land and I find arrowheads all around it, but we are not allowed to get close to it. There's security 24/7 around it and they can see all the way around. I can no longer walk. I don't know who to even tell.
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@Malik Aziz 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💞
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I got in trouble way back in 93 for taking pictures ..
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I'm about 100 miles south of this and we have bluffs around here with paintings still on them from the mississippians, we were told it was a shrine to there underwater panther god, video on my channel if anyone wants to see the paintings
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There are many mounds in the South East too, although not as big. Hard to imagine how the big shots got all the people to build those things so they could live up high above them.
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What is the name of the Bill passed in Congress?
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Is there any chance the nation extended all the way to the Golf of Mexico, and the sites in Louisiana along with the earthwork mounds along the Ohio are all connected I’ve heard there was evidence of smelting copper in the Pearl River Louisiana region that came from the great lakes
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Local knuckleheads used the mounds as a motorcycle climb, that's where the steps are now,
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❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊😊
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Why would they build such mounds just to build a hut on top? I don't think they built but inherited the site.
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You can blame Spain and France for the destruction of Cahokia and other large cities.
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What or who covered these sites prior to discovery by Americans?
