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Its 72 earthen mounds are visually suggestive of what St. Louis, Missouri, once looked like before urban growth razed all its mounds but one, Sugarloaf Mound, which is owned by Osage Nation.
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Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
What To Know The February 18 collapse of a earthen dam at a Sino-Metals mine released roughly 50 million liters of acidic waste into a tributary of Zambia’s Kafue River, causing a massive fish die-off as far as 70 miles downstream and forcing the nearby city of Kitwe to shut down its water supply.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Since the earthen mound was clearly man-made, archaeologists linked its shape to Venus, a deity associated with fertility and farming.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
With heartier, earthen purple corn?
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
What To Know The February 18 collapse of a earthen dam at a Sino-Metals mine released roughly 50 million liters of acidic waste into a tributary of Zambia’s Kafue River, causing a massive fish die-off as far as 70 miles downstream and forcing the nearby city of Kitwe to shut down its water supply.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Since the earthen mound was clearly man-made, archaeologists linked its shape to Venus, a deity associated with fertility and farming.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
With heartier, earthen purple corn?
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Earthen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthen. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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