Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olmec culture deeply shaped later Mesoamerican civilizations like the Aztecs. Danny Lehman/The Image Bank via Getty Images An ...

ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson Ave. in ...

A free party will celebrate the appearance of nearly three dozen larger-than-life sculptures at the College of DuPage and around DuPage County. The Olmec Family Fiesta will be from 2 to 6 p.m. June 30 ...

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 will be ...

Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture that is ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has announced today the acquisition of one of the most renowned sculptures from ancient Mesoamerica, an unqualified icon of Olmec civilization. Standing Figure Holding a ...

Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Ramirez ...

The United States will return an ancient monstruo de la tierra ("Earth monster") statue to Mexico. The one-ton artifact dates from 800 to 400 BCE and belongs to the Olmec Civilization, an early ...

The discovery of colossal Olmec stone heads revealed the existence of a long forgotten civilization that shaped early Mesoamerica. From these early societies emerged the first Maya cities, massive ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in ...

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec ...