Fort Ancient Earthworks designated ‘World Heritage Site’

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Just in time for World Heritage Day, the Miami Valley is now home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve is one of eight earthworks sites in Ohio, selected for their cultural significance to humanity. There are only 25 in the United States. World Heritage is a designation given by UNESCO to recognize that a site has a natural or cultural heritage of global significance. “The site encloses over a hundred …