How was the Olmec stone first found?

In 1869 José Melgar y Serrano, working in the jungle about fifty miles from the coast in southern Mexico, first heard rumors of giant stone heads that lay hidden in the undergrowth. These proved to be the colossal stone heads of the Olmecs, the remarkable civilisation which dominated southern Mexico from about 1150 to 500 BC.

Where is Krubera-Voronja Cave?

Why was archaeamphora extinct?

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