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Event archaeological Americas

Great Serpent Mound

300 BCE – 1070 CE

Largest serpent effigy mound in the world in Ohio, a 411-meter earthwork aligned to solstice sunsets and lunar…

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Precontact effigy mound in Ohio, United States

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Landmark · Americas

Great Serpent Mound

300 BCE – 1070 CE

Largest serpent effigy mound in the world in Ohio, a 411-meter earthwork aligned to solstice sunsets and lunar cycles

Standing in 300 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Chorrera Polity · Americas 1500 BCE – 100 BCE Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Shark Bay Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

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300 BCE Petra 300 BCE Sanchi Stupa 300 BCE Samarkand 300 BCE Antioch 300 BCE Sanchi Stupas 300 BCE Volubilis
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