Each Olmec head is unique, leading archeologists to believe they may have been made in honor of ancient Mesoamerican rulers.

Not for the faint of heart, Ciudad Perdida (“Lost City”) is a strenuous ... ancestral home to the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and ...

Location: Peru Greatest Contributions: Machu Picchu, terrace farming Must-See Relics: Ollantaytambo, the Sacred Valley The ...

Mexico's Temple of Quetzalcoatl, or the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, in the ancient city of Teotihuacan is ... smaller traces of liquid mercury at one Olmec and two Mayan sites.

Below me are the ruins of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, a city founded several centuries after the mysterious collapse of the Olmec heartland. But what Teotihuacan demonstrates is the ...