Dr. Nicholas Kessler and his colleagues examined the largest known marker post from the ancient North American city of ...

You’ve heard of Mayan cities of gold. You’ve heard of Aztec blood-filled temples. So why haven’t you heard about the sprawling structures of North America’s Cahokia?

Over the last 200 years or so, abandoned places in Illinois have undergone a transformation, adopting a more modern character ...

Historian Tom Emery is releasing a book that highlights Illinois' leaders and their role in the Revolutionary War ahead of ...

New archaeological research challenges long-held assumptions about why ancient hunter-gatherers built the monumental earthworks at Poverty Point in Louisiana some 3,500 years ago. Rather than serving ...

Illinois has announced $400m in targeted funding as part of the state’s record $50.6bn infrastructure program to deliver new ...

First-round results and this weekend’s second-round Illinois High School Association state football playoff matchups around ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the warnings etched in stone tablets, whispered through sacred texts, and painted ...

Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, ...

Route 66 turns 100 years old in 2026 presenting the country an opportunity to authentically rewrite the narrative of the Mother Road, so-named by John Steinbeck in his 1939 novel, “The Grapes of Wrath ...

Perhaps the biggest myth about history in our culture is that history remains static, and historical myths tend to be believed by everyone, even if they aren't true. Like any other ...