Though he didn’t realize it at the time, he had just discovered an Olmec head, an artifact created by one of oldest and most important civilizations in the Americas. Since then, a total of 17 ...

Crews installed a 20,000-pound stone Olmec head in the Lied Jungle at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday. Crews installed a 20,000-pound stone Olmec head in the Lied Jungle at the Henry ...

Chavis Mármol’s artwork, “Neo-tameme,” featuring the piece “Tesla Destroyed by an Olmec Head” has gone viral, inviting us to question identity and heritage, and today’s modern world. A massive, ...

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In 1862, explorer José María Melgar y Serrano discovered a colossal stone sculpture at Tres Zapotes, Mexico — and the mystery of the Olmec heads was born. In the years since, other ancient stone heads ...

The Gail Borden Library in Elgin hopes you’ll fall head over heels for its “Olmec Origins” exhibit, which opened Wednesday. The exhibit, which features 33 fiberglass reproductions of the ...

Fernando Ramirez, president and cofounder of the center, said the 5-foot fiberglass pieces are inspired by 17 giant stone heads, standing 10 to 15 feet tall, crafted by the Olmec people between ...

A lot of what we know about them first sprang from the discovery of these monumental Olmec heads. Some of them are 11 feet high, and some of them are 50 tons," said Justin Witte, curator from the ...

The Olmecs lived between 1600 BC and around 350 AD and had a profound influence on subsequent cultures in the region, including the Mayas. The heads offer as many clues to the ancient Olmec ...