Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why.
by Annalee Newitz
A thousand years ago, huge pyramids and earthen mounds stood where East
St. Louis sprawls today in Southern Illinois. This majestic urban
architecture towered over the swampy Mississippi River floodplains,
blotting out the region's tiny villages. Beginning in the late 900s,
word about the city spread throughout the southeast. Thousands of people
visited for feasts and rituals, lured by the promise of a new kind of
civilization. Many decided to stay.
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