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 ...

"Earth monster" weighs one ton and measures around six by five feet. (courtesy Consulate General of Mexico in New York) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...

Mexico announced Friday that a huge 2,500-year-old Olmec stone sculpture has been returned from the United States. The almost six-foot-tall (two-meter) “Monster of the Earth” sculpture appears to ...

Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Ramirez ...

The massive statues likely depict rulers from the ancient Olmec civilization. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Corleck Head: A ...

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says German authorities have returned two rare, wooden Olmec sculptures over 3,000 years old. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said Tuesday the ...

VILLAHERMOSA, MexicoVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Mexico is restoring nearly two dozen pre-Hispanic Olmec sculptures damaged by an American woman and two Mexican men. The three were arrested Sunday for ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY – A 2,500-year-old city influenced by the Olmecs, often referred to as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica, has been discovered hundreds of miles away from the Olmecs' Gulf coast territory ...

(Reuters) - Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture ...