Throughout Olmec history, red floors were a symbol of high status and a testimony to the regional procurement, exchange, and preparation of pigments for use in construction, which was the focus of Ann ...

We know that piercings and plugs are common throughout the history of Central America. Alterations like these, in the name of Olmec beauty, would have transformed the face - and today it's only in ...

We know that piercings and plugs are common throughout the history of Central America. Alterations like these, in the name of Olmec beauty, would have transformed the face - and today it's only in ...

One of 33 Olmec heads awaits unloading at the Gail Borden ... “We’re not trying to rewrite history. We’re trying to teach history correctly for the first time.” The significance of the ...

Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec archaeological site in eastern ... Mexico's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said their return set "an important ...

Portal to the Underworld), an ancient Olmec monument, has returned to Mexico ... from Mexico's National Institute of ...

“Like many other looted antiquities, the Olmec Cave Mask was broken into several different pieces to make the smuggling process simpler.” The National Institute of Anthropology and History ...