Thousands of locals are protesting the construction of a National Olmec Museum in Villahermosa, Tabasco, citing a risk of ecocide.

The Olmec heads are among the largest non-architectural monuments ever discovered in Mexico, ranging between roughly 3.5 and 11.5 feet in height and weighing up to eight tons, with the largest of ...

Crews installed a 20,000-pound stone Olmec head in the Lied Jungle at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday.

The legislation, which Republicans introduced in both House and Senate, would strip the president’s authority to create national monuments, reserving that power to Congress. Reps. Celeste Maloy ...

But the monument at Aguada Fénix is not entirely unprecedented. The structure certainly bears a few similarities to San Lorenzo and La Venta, Olmec sites in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The big ...

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.

Steps lead to the top of a platform at Takalik Abaj, a sprawling site with more than 300 stone monuments combining Maya and Olmec styles.

Naperville is helping host “Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy,” a DuPage County art exhibit devised to pay tribute to the indigenous roots of Mexican culture.

What they tell us about the past: Of the 17 known Olmec colossal heads found across Mexico, no two look alike. For instance, one is decorated with a crown engraved with jaguar paw prints while ...

The work of sculptor Chavis Mármol, the piece involves a replica Olmec head weighing approximately 9 tons sitting on top of a crushed blue Tesla Model 3.

Such is the case with the so-called Portal of the Underworld — or Chalcatzingo Monument 9 — which was undoubtedly the Mexican authorities’ most sought-after artefact from the Olmec civilization. The ...