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America's forgotten city of 20,000 and its great mound

Mound 59 (on left, conical mound) and Mound 60 (right, platform mound). Commonly known as the Twin Mounds, they stand on the southern end of the Grand Plaza of Cahokia.
Mound 59 (on left, conical mound) and Mound 60 (right, platform mound). Commonly known as the Twin Mounds, they stand on the southern end of the Grand Plaza of Cahokia. © Julia King, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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