“Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy” features elaborately painted renditions of Mesoamerican sculptures. This head sculpture was painted by Jazzamoart, an artist from the state of Guanajuato ...

Gail Borden Public Library’s new “Olmec Origins” exhibit, featuring 33 Olmec sculptures, makes its Kane County debut Nov. 13 at the main library in downtown Elgin.

News Mexico’s “Most Sought-After” Olmec Artifact Heads Home The ancient statue, a “key piece for investigations of Olmec iconography,” is being repatriated by the United States.

The Olmec heads originated in the southern part of Veracruz, Mexico, and date back to between 1400 BCE to 400 BCE. They are regarded as the most famous artifacts left behind by the Olmecs ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered two Olmec reliefs chiseled into large, circular stones that are thought to depict local rulers performing ritual contortion. The twin pieces were found in ...

The colossal Olmec heads were found farther away, closer to the Gulf of Mexico. The Earth Monster monument is thought to represent a creature from Olmec mythology about the creation of the cosmos.

The most well-known Olmec artifacts are iconic colossal heads that were found near the Gulf of Mexico, but the Earth Monster looks different and is also rich in iconography.

Olmec Trails takes people on a physical and historical journey with 33 installments across multiple towns.

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...

Three thousand years ago, in what is now southern Mexico, Olmec art and culture flourished. No written documents survive, but the exceptional beauty and technical brilliance of the sculpture and its ...