See, the Cahokia site is hugely important! The largest Pre-Columbian city in...Oh the title says it. And the area looks beautiful in that photo - psych! Still, I was never ever going to spend any summer time digging in southern Illinois. Not even for gold. Maybe platinum or gem stones for a few hours.
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Lost cities #8: mystery of Cahokia – why did North America's largest city vanish?
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Long before Columbus reached the Americas, Cahokia was the biggest, most cosmopolitan city north of Mexico. Yet by 1350 it had been deserted by its native inhabitants the Mississippians – and no one is sure why
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