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 ...

Olmec colossal heads, such as this one unearthed in the 19th century at the site of Tres Zapotes, are thought to be portraits of all-powerful kings.(De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images ...

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 ...

Ancient Greece is celebrated for its contributions to democracy, philosophy, and the arts, while the Olmecs of Mexico are ...

The Olmecs from Central America were also known to use this depiction in their craft forms. Göbekli Tepe : one of the earliest discoveries The first instance of the handbag was found towards the ...

Germany has returned two 3,000-year-old pre-Hispanic wooden statues from the Olmec civilisation to the Mexican authorities. Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec ...