The roots of writing in the New World have been traced back to a time earlier than researchers thought — as far back as 2,650 years, when the ancient Olmec civilization flourished on Mexico’s Gulf ...
No written records remain from Mexico’s Tlatilco people, but a Riverside exhibit spotlighting the ancient culture is certain to inspire wonderful new writing and art. “Uncovering Ancient Mexico: The ...
Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered two Olmec reliefs chiseled into large, circular stones that are thought to depict local rulers performing ritual contortion. The twin pieces were found in ...