Originally stolen sometime in the early 20th century, a “portal to the underworld” depicting the Olmec jaguar god ...
A 2,700-year-old Olmec Cave Mask, missing for over a century and fractured into 25 pieces, has finally returned to Mexico.
In the early 20th century, looters extracted a gargantuan stone from Chalcatzingo in Morelos, Mexico a six-by-five-foot Olmec Cave Mask showing the jaguar god Tepeyollotlicuhti, protector of the ...
Aug. 3 (UPI) --An Olmec cave mask dating back almost 3,000 years was returned to Mexico in July after an investigation by prosecutors in Manhattan with Homeland Security discovered it had been looted ...
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 Colorado in May 2023, ...
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 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 ...