Long before more famous empires such as the Maya, a civilisation called the Olmec were building an impressive legacy. Commonly referred to by experts as the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica ...

The people of this mask are the Olmec, who ruled in what's now Mexico for around a thousand years, from 1400 to 400 BC. They've been called the mother culture - the 'cultura madre' - of Central ...

Surviving examples of epi-Olmec ... culture” of various subsequent Mesoamerican civilizations from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. Indeed, anyone who has eaten a taco has enjoyed their legacy ...

Portal to the Underworld), an ancient Olmec monument, has returned to Mexico ... was most likely the entrance to a cave and played a significant cultural role. "Portal el Inframundo" was brought ...

Here, visitors will pass through the planet's core, exiting in southern Mexico, where the ancient Olmec civilization ... censorship and funding in Western cultural institutions suggests that ...