Olmecs Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After having received an anonymous tip, INAH scientists have been able to recover two precious and huge Olmec reliefs in Tenosique, a municipality
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the earliest civilizations that developed under the Olmec influence is represented by an unknown complex of ruins located near Mexico City
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Ancient Symbols
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Today, the Quatrefoil symbol is mostly associated with Christianity. Formed by four circles overlapping on the same diameter, it can be found on stained
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Body modification was very important to several ancient civilizations. In Mesoamerica the Aztecs, the Maya as well as the Olmecs practiced extensive body modification often for ritual or ceremonial
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This fascinating artifact, which is displayed in the Mexican gallery of the British Museum, resembles a giant stone horseshoe. It weighs almost 40 kilos
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - To improve one’s body is something modern people do all the time and it should not come as a surprise that the ancient did
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Located on the slopes in the State of Veracruz, Mexico there is a very intriguing ancient Olmec site known as Tres Zapotes. A Professor of Anthropology who
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - At the time, the Spaniards arrived, the Olmec civilization, had already emerged and disappeared. Even today, much of the Olmec history is shrouded in
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Ancient History Facts
AncientPages.com - Located in the lowlands of Central America, Ceibal is the oldest known ceremonial site of the Maya civilization. It is an ancient plaza-pyramid complex that was used to
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ever since the most ancient times, jade has been held sacred throughout the world. Jade has been discovered in ancient tombs. Ancient civilizations
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Of all the lost civilizations of Mesoamerica, that of the Olmec is the oldest and the most perplexing. We know very little about the
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - In Canada, there is a very odd artifact that is possibly thousands of years old and is thought to pre-date the Pyramids of Egypt. The enigmatic statue
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - Did Maya develop almost entirely on its own in the jungles of what is now Guatemala and southern Mexico? Or was the Maya flourishing the result of
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