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 ...

It’s a story straight out of an Indiana Jones movie: A one-ton stone carving made by the Olmecs – one of the first civilizations to appear in Latin America – will be returned to Mexico from its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Gail Borden Library in Elgin hopes you’ll fall head over heels for its “Olmec Origins” exhibit, which opened Wednesday. The exhibit, which features 33 fiberglass reproductions of the mysterious ...

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, ...