A field worker in Mexico found a carving from a 2,000-year-old civilization, a stone knife and two other artifacts, city officials said. Photo from the Coscomatepec City Council While working in a ...

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 examination of an ancient “portal to the underworld” that has perplexed archaeologists has finally ended, officials say. The Mexican artifact, called the Olmec Cave Mask, was stolen from the ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has announced today the acquisition of one of the most renowned sculptures from ancient Mesoamerica, an unqualified icon of Olmec civilization. Standing Figure Holding a ...

The Kimbell Art Museum announced Wednesday that it has acquired a statuette carved in jade from ancient Mesoamerica. “Standing Figure Holding a Were-Jaguar Baby,” circa 900– 00 B.C., was acquired in ...

A free party will celebrate the appearance of nearly three dozen larger-than-life sculptures at the College of DuPage and around DuPage County. The Olmec Family Fiesta will be from 2 to 6 p.m. June 30 ...

Three thousand years ago, in what is now southern Mexico, Olmec art and culture flourished. No written documents survive, but the exceptional beauty and technical brilliance of the sculpture and its ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced Wednesday it has acquired a jade Olmec sculpture, one of the most renowned of ancient Mesoamerica. Standing Figure Holding a ...