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1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - We began at the Museum Park of La Venta where the artifacts of the Olmecs - a predecessor culture to the Maya - were on display. Here our traveling companions take a stroll through the park, approaching one of the most intriquing of pre-Mayan stone heads carved by the Olmecs.
1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - This Olmec statue, called "The Grandmother" from La Venta is thought to represent a dwarf.
1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - Were these strange phallic sculptures the early predecessors of the stelae that would later record the great accomplishments of Classic Maya kings?
1000places > We have our good friends Gary and Nancy to thank for our interest in ancient ruins. In 1991, they invited us to join them for a road trip across Mexico - from Tabasco, through Chiapas and the Yucatan - then provided a running commentary throughout the trip that enlightened, educated, and entertained us.
1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - This monolithic sculpture of basalt weighs around 25 tons. It was sculpted between 1000 and 800 BC and probably represents an Olmec king wearing a helmet perhaps for a ritual ballgame played by the Olmecs and later by the Maya.
1000places > It all started here - our intense interest in all things ancient. From August 24 to September 4, 1991, we discovered a new world 1500 years old - the world of the ancient Maya and the mysterious pyramids that were to fascinate us from that point on. [NOTE: 1991 was obviously a few years before the advent of digital cameras, so the images in this gallery are scanned from film negatives.]
VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - We began at the Museum Park of La Venta where the artifacts of the Olmecs - a predecessor culture to the Maya - were on display. Here our traveling companions take a stroll through the park, approaching one of the most intriquing of pre-Mayan stone heads carved by the Olmecs.

1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - We began at the Museum Park of La Venta where the artifacts of the Olmecs - a predecessor culture to the Maya - were on display. Here our traveling companions take a stroll through the park, approaching one of the most intriquing of pre-Mayan stone heads carved by the Olmecs.
VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - We began at the Museum Park of La Venta where the artifacts of the Olmecs - a predecessor culture to the Maya - were on display. Here our traveling companions take a stroll through the park, approaching one of the most intriquing of pre-Mayan stone heads carved by the Olmecs.

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