New World” and “Old World” are concepts still widely used to refer to the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, respectively, ...

A 5,000-year-old fire altar unearthed in Peru's Supe Valley is rewriting the origins of American civilization with echoes ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

One of the oldest civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Mokaya were skilled artists, farmers, traders and even sportsmen.

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 ...

They discovered the sculptures and have been toggling replicas of the Olmecs' creations. "The Olmecs are actually often referred to as the mother civilization in Mexican culture. A lot of what we ...

“Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy,” running through October, is a public art exhibition offering 33 fiberglass reproductions of Olmec heads, colossal stone artifacts from the Mesoamerican ...

This summer and fall, Naperville is shining a spotlight on Latin American culture. And at the crux of celebration is a pair of hand-painted colossal heads. Over the next few months, Naperville ...

The Mexican artefact, called the Olmec Cave Mask, was looted in the early 1960s but has finally been returned to Mexico after a 64 year hunt. Dating back almost 3,000 years, the 2,000lb artifact ...

The Mexican artifact, called the Olmec Cave Mask, was stolen from the Chalcatzingo archaeological site in Mexico’s Central Highlands in the 1960s. Smugglers broke the millennia-old mask into ...