The Octagon Earthworks in Newark has eight walls, each measuring about 550 feet long and from five to six feet in height, and are joined by parallel walls to a circular embankment. The site is ...

Many people assume that all Indian mounds are burial mounds, but Newark’s Great Circle and Octagon Earthworks aren’t cemeteries. Instead, they are the walls of huge earthen cathedrals.

Hopewell architects were not just masters of geometry. They also embedded a remarkably sophisticated knowledge of astronomy into their earthworks. For example, the octagon and circle combinations ...

The Octagon Earthworks in Newark will be open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday for a public access day that allows visitors a chance to tour the ancient monument, which is leased to a ...

I started in Newark, but Fort Ancient probably offers ... in part because the foliage of the park helps to camouflage the vast earthworks, up to 23 feet high in some places. But look closely ...