Poverty Point in Louisiana is a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring ancient earthworks built by hunter-gatherers.

Poverty Point is the earliest city in North America the largest for centuries. What made such an impressive city possible at ...

EPPS, La. (AP) — A new nonprofit organization has been formed to support the scientific and educational aspects of the Poverty Point State Historic Site. Gary Stringer, president of the nonprofit and ...

Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northeast Louisiana. “Conservatively, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New discoveries by a ULM researcher at Poverty Point World Heritage Site are helping bring a deeper understanding about "the first ...

WASHINGTON —Louisiana’s Poverty Point State Historic Site and its ancient mounds in West Carroll Parish are officially vying for a spot on the World Heritage List that includes such famous sites as ...

We’re happy that Louisiana’s Poverty Point has been nominated for a spot on the World Heritage List, an international roster of sites that have particularly profound significance in world history. The ...

Mound A at Poverty Point World Heritage Site is the largest mound at the site. Located just west of the enclosure of ridges, mound A, which stands more than 70-feet high and measures 640-feet along ...

Catherine S. Comeaux and her family spent three summers exploring state, national and provincial parks — from Louisiana to Alaska then Nova Scotia and along the Mississippi River in between. This year ...

New discoveries by a ULM researcher at Poverty Point World Heritage Site are helping bring a deeper understanding about "the first truly monumental earthen site north of Mexico." Poverty Point, one of ...