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 ...

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 ...

Olmec Civilization (1500 BCE - 400 BCE) The Olmecs thrived in present-day Mexico and are known for colossal basalt heads, ...

The Maya originated around 3,000 years ago in present-day Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Mexico. The Mayan empire flourished ... observations to finesse a calendar created by the Olmec which is a ...

Mexico is home to some truly amazing archeological ... director of the Maya Exploration Center. The Olmec culture is considered in many ways to be the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica.

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 ...