/tags/earthworks Earthworks en-US Copyright Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:38:00 GMT /2024-12-16/octagon-earthworks-open-public-january-1 After years of legal battles, the day is nearly here when the Octagon Earthworks in Newark will be fully opened to the public. The mounds are part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:38:00 GMT /2024-12-16/octagon-earthworks-open-public-january-1 Tana Weingartner /2024-08-01/ohio-historical-society-settles-with-golf-club-to-take-back-world-heritage-tribal-site Ohio History Connection will pay Moundbuilders Country Club in Newark to buy out its lease and end the long-running legal dispute over the Octagon Earthworks, although the sum is confidential under a settlement agreement. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:06:16 GMT /2024-08-01/ohio-historical-society-settles-with-golf-club-to-take-back-world-heritage-tribal-site Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press /2024-08-01/country-club-earthwork-site-settlement-deal Ohio History Connection says it has reached a deal with Moundbuilders Country Club on a sale price for land that includes the Octagon Earthworks, an ancient Native American earthwork. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:43:46 GMT /2024-08-01/country-club-earthwork-site-settlement-deal Tana Weingartner /2024-04-18/reimagined-rest-stop-on-i-70-in-licking-county-highlights-world-heritage-site The rest stop is decorated with the colors and themes of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which became Ohio's first World Heritage Site in September. Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:27:40 GMT /2024-04-18/reimagined-rest-stop-on-i-70-in-licking-county-highlights-world-heritage-site Allie Vugrincic /2024-04-16/ohio-supreme-court-earthworks-moundbuilders-ohio-history-connection In another set-back for the owners of a Licking County golf course, the Ohio Supreme Court has decided not to take up a case involving Ohio History Connection and the Moundbuilders Country Club. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:06:03 GMT /2024-04-16/ohio-supreme-court-earthworks-moundbuilders-ohio-history-connection Tana Weingartner /2024-03-08/what-is-the-economic-impact-of-a-world-heritage-site-for-ohio-its-what-communities-make-it Research suggests the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks' World Heritage status is worth about $12.5 million for three Ohio counties, but the designation may be worth more. Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /2024-03-08/what-is-the-economic-impact-of-a-world-heritage-site-for-ohio-its-what-communities-make-it Allie Vugrincic /2023-10-16/ohio-history-connection-moundbuilders-country-club-earthworks-site The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last year in favor of the Ohio History Connection's bid to reclaim land it leases to a golf course. Now, a jury is slated to determine how much the historical society must pay to Moundbuilders Country Club. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:28:08 GMT /2023-10-16/ohio-history-connection-moundbuilders-country-club-earthworks-site Tana Weingartner /2023-09-18/ohio-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-unesco-world-heritage-sites Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are the 25th site in the United States — and the first in Ohio — added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:35:00 GMT /2023-09-18/ohio-hopewell-ceremonial-earthworks-unesco-world-heritage-sites Tana Weingartner /arts-culture/2022-10-31/ohios-unesco-world-heritage-bid-is-one-step-closer The USA's bid to have Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage sites is progressing. The bid is in the formal review process. Earlier this month, a reviewer from the International Council on Monuments and Sites visited Ohio for a tour. Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:28:10 GMT /arts-culture/2022-10-31/ohios-unesco-world-heritage-bid-is-one-step-closer Tana Weingartner /2022-09-12/ohios-unesco-world-heritage-bid-is-on-track-despite-upheaval-with-the-world-heritage-committee A team of reviewers is expected in Ohio this month to review the United States' proposal to bestow World Heritage status to Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks. The bid is moving forward despite disruptions to the process that led to no sites being added to the World Heritage List this summer. Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:59:16 GMT /2022-09-12/ohios-unesco-world-heritage-bid-is-on-track-despite-upheaval-with-the-world-heritage-committee Tana Weingartner