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In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit an ancient ceremonial site in Ohio. Built by indigenous people thousands of years ago, the Newark Earthworks are part cathedral, part cemetery, part astronomical observatory, and, today, part golf course.

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Harking back to ancient America, the Newark Earthworks formed a ceremonial center and a sacred site.
Harking back to ancient America, the Newark Earthworks formed a ceremonial center and a sacred site. Carptrash/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 4.0