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Article: One strange serpent.(Serpent Mound)
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Imagine we are in the early 1800s. You are a pioneer, traveling with your family through thick, hilly, forestland just north of the Ohio River. On a rocky bluff above a gurgling creek, you find something strange. Coiling in and out of the trees is a giant serpent built from earth! Someone, or rather some people, have been here before.
Serpent Mound is among the most famous of ancient North American monuments. It is found in present-day Adams County, Ohio, overlooking a small river called Brush Creek. The serpent's coils undulate between the tightly wound tail and the triangular and oval "head," for a total body length of over 1,300 feet. It is a breathtaking ...