​May 15, 2024 Cartoon Room 1, Ohio Union, Columbus Campus 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.The Newark Earthworks are the largest set of geometric earthen enclosures in the world. Honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023, the entire Newark Earthworks originally encompassed more than four square miles. It was built between CE 1 to CE 400 by the ancestors of contemporary American Indian peoples who ..read more

The Octagon State Memorial, Newark Earthworks Map.Image courtesy of the Ancient Ohio Trail.The Octagon State Memorial is one of the most spectacular surviving remnants of the Newark Earthworks and is part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks.The Octagon is connected to a perfectly circular enclosure 1,054 feet in diameter. The architecture of the Octagon Earthworks ..read more

3:08 - 3:19 p.m."Though April’s total eclipse will take place around 3 p.m., as the moon’s shadow moves over the Earth, the sky will darken as if it’s night. And as the sun’s light dims, the surrounding air will become noticeably cooler and nearby bugs and animals will likely fall silent. If you’re viewing the event from inside the path of totality, it’s during this brief time that viewers can ..read more

The Octagon State Memorial, Newark Earthworks Map.Image courtesy of the Ancient Ohio Trail.The Octagon State Memorial is one of the most spectacular surviving remnants of the Newark Earthworks. The Octagon is connected to a perfectly circular enclosure 1,054 feet in diameter. The architecture of the Octagon Earthworks encodes a sophisticated understanding of geometry and astronomy. It is a ..read more

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, UNESCO World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage Celebration at the Great Circle, Part of the Newark Earthworks, Heath Ohio. 2013, Tim Black.45th Extended Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee | Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSeptember 19, 2023The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural World Heritage inscription recognizes the identification ..read more

 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia September 10 - 25, 2023.The United States and Ohio's nomination of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is scheduled to be examined and debated for inscription by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee!UNESCO World Heritage recognizes the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage considered of outstanding value for all of ..read more

The Octagon State Memorial, Newark Earthworks Map.Image courtesy of the Ancient Ohio Trail.The Octagon State Memorial is one of the most spectacular surviving remnants of the Newark Earthworks. The Octagon is connected to a perfectly circular enclosure 1,054 feet in diameter. The architecture of the Octagon Earthworks encodes a sophisticated understanding of geometry and astronomy. It is a ..read more

 Our book is available to order fromThe Ohio State University Press, Barnes and Noble and Amazon  as of June 2023!$24.95 in Paperback or PDF EBook. 25 Color Illustrations, 152 pages.Rising in quiet grandeur from the earth in an astoundingly engineered arrangement that ancient peoples mapped to the movements of the moon, Ohio’s Newark Earthworks form the largest geometric earthen complex ever ..read more

7 - 8:30 p.m.Free and Open to the Public.Faculty Club Grand Lounge181 Oval Dr. S.Columbus, OH 43210The 2023 Annual Barbara A. Hanawalt Public Lecture will feature Caroline Dodds Pennock, Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield.  History has long told the tale of Christopher Columbus’s ‘discovery’ of the Americas in 1492, but what is often forgotten is that ..read more

5 p.m.Free and open to the public.John and Mary Alford Performing Arts Hall1209 University Drive, Newark, OhioRegistration Required.Free copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are still available at the library front desk on the Newark campus of The Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College.  Our address is 1219 University ..read more