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 ...

The Olmecs are considered to be the first Mesoamerican civilization and laid the foundation for Mexican cultures that followed, he said. One of 33 Olmec heads awaits unloading at the Gail Borden ...

Minoan Civilization 2700 BCE - 1450 BCE Inhabitants of Crete known for vibrant art and advanced architecture, influential ...

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 ...

Mesoamerica: During the 5th and 6th centuries BC, the ancient Olmec civilization was coming to an end in Mexico. At the about same time, the Mayan civilization was rapidly expanding in Honduras ...

While the Olmec civilization is generally considered to have gone into rapid decline around 400 B.C., Chalcatzingo continued to be occupied through the Classic period (ca. A.D 250–900).