Each Olmec head is unique, leading archeologists to believe they may have been made in honor of ancient Mesoamerican rulers.

After centuries of conquest, many of Mexico's greatest treasures are outside the country. Here's where to find some famous ...

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 ...

Here, visitors will pass through the planet's core, exiting in southern Mexico, where the ancient Olmec civilization began, with a side trip to Los Angeles's Boyle Heights neighborhood.

Olmec stone mask (made around 2,500 years ago) found in Mexico I'm holding a face in my hand, and it's very definitely a face, and not a head. It's made in polished green stone, and it's hollowed ...

Long before more famous empires such as the Maya, a civilisation called the Olmec were building an impressive legacy. Commonly referred to by experts as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica ...

Tak’alik Ab’aj is an archaeological site located on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Its 1,700-year history spans a period that saw the transition from the Olmec civilization to the emergence of Early ...

The people of this mask are the Olmec, who ruled in what's now Mexico for around a thousand years, from 1400 to 400 BC. They've been called the mother culture - the 'cultura madre' - of Central ...