Cahokia Mounds: Civilization, Mystery, and the Rise of America's First City: America's Ancient Metropolis and the Lost World of the Mississippian Cult (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798268771251)

Beneath the vast, whispering prairies of Illinois, enormous earthworks rise like the bones of a lost world-silent, imposing, and enigmatic. Here, on the banks of the Mississippi, a city once thrived that dwarfed every settlement in pre-Columbian North America, a metropolis of tens of thousands built with precision, ambition, and knowledge that still defies understanding. This is Cahokia: a civilization of mystery, power, and cosmic alignment, whose secrets remained buried for centuries... until now.

Step into a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary:

• Monks Mound pierces the sky, a testament to human vision and labor so vast it still inspires awe today.
• Woodhenge and celestial alignments mark the rhythms of the sun, moon, and stars, revealing a people in harmony with the cosmos.
• Trade networks span hundreds of miles, bringing shells, copper, and obsidian to a city pulsing with life, commerce, and ritual.

Cahokia's story is not just one of triumph-it is a story of tension, struggle, and vanishing. Drought, social unrest, and unseen forces conspired to empty this city of its inhabitants, leaving behind monuments that whisper of greatness lost and questions unanswered.

Perfect for lovers of archaeology, Native American history, and ancient civilizations, this book plunges readers into a city where mystery and mastery collide, where every mound, every artifact, every alignment tells a story of ambition, brilliance, and the fragility of human achievement. Dare to uncover the secrets of Cahokia, and witness a civilization whose echo still resonates across the centuries, defying time, imagination, and understanding.