One of the most evocative pieces in the powerful Olmec exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington — and one most expressive of Olmec culture — is the statue of a priest holding a ...

The Culture Ministry celebrated the federal campaign to repatriate artifacts of "national heritage" illegally taken from ...

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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 ...

Behind the role of corn in Hispanic food and art of the present is a cultural history that dates back thousands of years.

The Olmec were an early Mesoamerican civilization that existed during the Formative period (1800BCE–300CE). While they are often associated with producing colossal heads, they also engaged in ...

"The Olmecs are actually often referred to as the mother civilization in Mexican culture. A lot of what we know about them first sprang from the discovery of these monumental Olmec heads.

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 ...

A Captivating Exploration of Olmec History From the city of San Lorenzo ... for an authentic encounter with this fascinating culture. The collaboration between our two institutions bears witness ...

In addition, other factors such as parallels between certain aspects of Olmec culture and features of African civilizations like the building of pyramids, point to a connection between the Olmecs ...

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 ...