A chance discovery in Veracruz uncovers the first Olmec colossal head and opens the mystery of Mesoamerica’s earliest powerful societies. From San Lorenzo and La Venta to lidar-revealed mega-centers ...

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 ...

The Olmec heads are arriving. The “Olmec Origins” culturally decorated heads exhibit will be opening at the Gail Borden Public Library at 270 N. Grove Ave. in Elgin. These heads were located at ...

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 massive statues likely depict rulers from the ancient Olmec civilization. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Unusual, 1,400-year ...

Gail Borden Public Library’s new Olmec Origins exhibit, featuring 33 Olmec sculptures, makes its Kane County debut Nov. 13 at the main library in downtown Elgin. The large, ornately decorated heads ...

CHICAGO (CBS)—Massive heads are turning heads in the western suburbs and they can be considered clues to a part of North American history that isn't widely discussed, but they're on display in the ...

In the late 1850s, a farmer in southern Mexico was clearing a plot of forested land to cultivate corn when he stumbled upon a large object partially buried in the ground. At first, he thought it was ...

A water tank in Puebla, painted to look like a traditional Olmec colossal head sculpture has gone viral in Mexico. Footage published by the artist Yum Kíimil Lee shows the realistic tank-sculpture on ...