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Check out this enormous prehistoric mound site near Tuscaloosa, Alabama! Built during the Mississippian Period, these mounds have been standing here for hundreds of years, even before...

???? WATCH this video to take a look back at the 31st Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum Native American Festival to find out why participants think Moundville and the Festival are so special...

The remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico are preserved at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Within the 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois...

Moundville Archeological Park Director Bill Bomar says what's really old is new again after a $5 million dollar renovation.

Welcome to Cahokia. Centuries ago, this area was home to a Native American metropolis bigger than London. Cahokia had astronomers who studied the stars and builders who erected vast structures...

The Greek goddess Artemis was the goddess of the hunt, wild nature and the moon in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Leto and Zeus, and the twin sister to Apollo, the god of...

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The white population of Barbados in 1676 passed a law that outlawed the importation of Native American slaves from New England and expelled Native American slaves from New England out of the colony. Why was this...

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Previously in our historical animated documentary series on the Gallic Wars of Gaius Julius Caesar, we have covered the battle of Gergovia http://bit.ly/2Sklcle between Vercingetorix and his Gallic alliance, and...