The world celebrated Ohio’s most important cultural site. Like so much else, that’s controversial

The world celebrated Ohio’s most important cultural site. Like so much else, that’s controversial

The Octagon Earthworks in Newark Ohio. The 2,000 year-old lunar observatory was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023. (Photo Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection.)NEWARK, Ohio — The Octagon Earthworks here speak to us from 2,000 years ago — and they speak to the fraught cultural moment in which we find ourselves. In terms of importance, the archaeologist who’s studied the site as much as anyone else likens it to Mecca and Jerusalem.  In…