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 ...

ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson Ave. in ...

Scientists presented new evidence yesterday that the fabled Olmec, sculptors of ancient Mexico's colossal stone heads, were the region's first dominant civilization, a "mother culture" that served as ...

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 ...

ARCHAEOLOGY holds no more compelling mystery than that of the Olmec Indians, who ruled the Gulf coast of Mexico even before the time of Christ. The well-known Mayan, Toltec and Aztec civilizations all ...

Rediscovering women and gestation in Olmec visual culture. A cradle of civilization ; Mesoamerica and its visual culture ; Early interpretations of the first known Olmec sculptures ; New questions in ...

Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Ramirez ...

Archaeologists generally have accepted five Mexican cultures—Mayan, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, Totonac and Olmec—as being the oldest in North America, and have dated them around A.D. 300. But last week ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...