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 ...

An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile area was surveyed by the Mexican Instituto Nacional de ...

Similar ceremonial layouts connected ancient societies across Mexico’s Gulf Coast An unexpected architectural tradition linked many Olmec and Maya societies of Mesoamerica, an ancient cultural area ...

Dive with us into the depths of the Mexican jungle, into the very heart of the first great civilization of Mesoamerica - the ...

Scientists presented new evidence yesterday that the fabled Olmec, sculptors of ancient Mexico's colossal stone heads, were the region's first dominant civilization, a "mother culture" that served as ...

A mysterious ancient stone carving known as Monument 13 depicts a bearded man that defies everything we know about Olmec civilization. This figure possesses features and attire that appear entirely ...

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 ...

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 ...