What was this place we call Cahokia, and what happened ... Phoenicians or Vikings or perhaps a lost tribe of Israel. Even now, the idea of an Indian city runs so contrary to American notions ...

explores the birth and death of a Native American city that was settled around 600 B.C. in a section of southern Illinois ...

The ancient North American city of Cahokia had as its focal point a feature now known as Monks Mound, a giant earthwork surrounded on its north, south, east and west by large rectangular open areas.