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This is the of you news live from berlin the deadliest fires in california as history are ripping across the north of that state leaving a trail of destruction Emergency Services are struggling to contain the blazes that have destroyed wine country and reduced entire neighborhoods to nothing but ash well go live to that region also coming up the United States and israel say theyre pulling out of the United Nations Cultural Agency unesco washington says the organization is anti israel and has not...

Scattered over south and central Ohio are numerous human-made geometrical earthen shapes — circles, squares and octagons, that dot the landscape.

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Fred Gordon was a student at Ohio State University in the late 1950s when he collected a vast number of Native American artifacts along Hargus Creek in Pickaway County near Circleville. Sadly, Fred Gordon died unexpectedly in 1957, before graduating. Seven years later, his family, including Circleville Mayor Ben Gordon and […]

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has added Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, a group of eight ancient earthwork sites in southern Ohio, to the World Heritage List. Among the eight sites is Hopewell Culture National Historical Park.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 named the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, a group of eight ancient earthwork sites in southern Ohio, to its World Heritage List. The decision by the World Heritage Committee was made by consensus at its 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The monumental earthworks were built 2,000 years ago by Native American communities.

The new Tr'ondëk-Klondike UNESCO site includes eight parcels of land in the Dawson City, Yukon, area that together are meant to tell the story of colonialism, the Klondike Gold Rush, and the experiences of the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in.

Jericho prides itself on being the oldest most continuously inhabited city in the world, dating back over 10,000 years and for being at the lowest point below sea level of any municipality.

Roman ruins are a great attraction all over the world. This article covers some Roman theaters so well-preserved that people still use them.

World heritage sites in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Russia are among those that have emitted more carbon than they absorbed since 2001.

Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences The Peyto Glacier in 1903, from the north ridge of Mount Jimmy Simpson. The image was taken by A.O. Wheeler, Dominion Land Surveyor, as part of the Railway Belt Survey. Courtesy of the Mountain Legacy Project and Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (images e011083093 and e011083094). Panorama created by Mary Sanseverino. December 11, 2020 This past autumn alar...