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San Lorenzo Colossal Head, Olmec. San Lorenzo, Veracruz. 900 BC Olmec Art, Olmec Heads, Ancient Mexico, Maya Civilization, Mayan Art, Art Ancien, Tikal, Ancient Mysteries, Art Antique

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San Lorenzo Colossal Head, Olmec. San Lorenzo, Veracruz. 900 BC

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The role of the Olmec in Mesoamerican society is a matter of hot debate between archaeologists and anthropologists.

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The backs of the monuments often are flat. The boulders were brought from the Sierra de los Tuxtlas mountains it is thought that the monuments represent portraits of powerful individual Olmec rulers. Each of the known examples has a distinctive headdress. The heads were variously arranged in lines or groups at major Olmec centres, but the method and logistics used to transport the stone to these sites remain unclear. Olmec Heads, Mayan Art, Mexican American, Ancient Aliens, African History, Ancient Architecture, Ancient Artifacts, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Civilizations

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Olmec Head at Tulsa Zoo

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The Olmec colossal heads are at least seventeen monumental stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. The heads date from at least before 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica (Gulf Coast of Mexico). Olmec Civilization, Ancient Civilisation, African Origins, Ancient Astronaut, Ancient Mysteries, African Diaspora, Ancient Aliens, African History, Ancient Architecture

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Olmec Civilization

The Olmec colossal heads are at least seventeen monumental stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. The heads date from at least before 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica (Gulf Coast of Mexico).

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Richard Hewitt Stewart Colossal Olmec Head La Venta, Mexico, 1940 Richard Hewitt Stewart/National Geographic Image Collection/Steven Kasher Gallery Art Quiz, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Mysteries, Ancient Aliens, Ancient Architecture, First Art, Ancient Artifacts, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Civilizations

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Exhibition: ‘National Geographic: The Past and Future Present’ at Steven Kasher Gallery, New York

Exhibition dates: 10th January – 16th February 2013 Jean-Leon Huens (Belgian, 1921-1984) Sir Frances Drake, Unmanned British Ships with Flammables Explode Among Spanish Ships Nd…

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“Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico”, an exhibition of Olmec artifacts, is running at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Extraordinary pieces. Extraordinary presence. It was the …

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