{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Cahokia - Part 3: The city of the sun","description":"From the summit of Monks Mound, the world unfolds in every direction—a patchwork of plazas, mounds, and bustling neighborhoods. Here, power and faith meet under the open sky. This is Cahokia at its golden age, a city ruled by visionaries who shaped earth and society alike.\r\n\r\nImagine the effort: thousands of hands moving basket after basket of earth, raising Monks Mound higher each year. At over thirty meters tall, it dominated the landscape, a monument to both spiritual and political might. The city’s rulers—a hereditary elite, remembered today as the Great Sun and his kin—held sway from atop this massive platform. Burials on the mounds tell us of their power: copper axes, shell gorgets, and precious ornaments laid alongside the dead. These objects, crafted with care, spoke of status inherited and fiercely protected.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thecivilizationarchive.com/civilization/cahokia","author_name":"The Archive Network"}