Jill Mollenhauer argues that the Gulf Lowland Olmec, one of Mesoamerica's earliest major civilizations, sometimes ...

Elite Olmec sculptures, such as a greenstone monument were later used by Tres Zapotes’ collective government as symbols of power.(Courtesy Christopher Pool) Researchers believe that it’s ...

But there are lots of objects bearing symbols, marks and glyphs, such as pottery and sculptures, and they show us that writing was originally widespread across the Olmec heartland. Even if we can ...

Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec archaeological site in eastern Mexico. They were seized from controversial Costa Rican art collector Leonardo Patterson in southern ...

But there are lots of objects bearing symbols, marks and glyphs, such as pottery and sculptures, and they show us that writing was originally widespread across the Olmec heartland. Even if we can ...

Portal to the Underworld), an ancient Olmec monument, has returned to Mexico ... The ancient artifact had been damaged, and ...