From the soil of the jungle, a massive stone face weighing 20 tons emerged. The people who carved it disappeared without ...

In an article recently published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Jill Mollenhauer argues that the Gulf Lowland Olmec, one of Mesoamerica's earliest major civilizations, sometimes incorporated ...

Somewhere in the sweltering tropical lowlands of Mexico’s Gulf Coast, roughly 3,400 years ago, a civilization was quietly laying the foundations for every great empire that would follow. Long before ...

ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson Ave. in ...

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. The large, ornately decorated heads ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient stone-like figures inspired by one of the world's earliest civilizations will be hitting the streets of downtown Houston.

Ancient stone-like figures inspired by one of the world's earliest civilizations will be hitting the streets of downtown Houston. Students at Tanglewood Middle School have been building an Art Car to ...