Stones of La Venta

Deep within the dense, swampy jungles of modern-day Mexico lies the physical evidence of a civilization that defies explanation. Long before the Maya built their stepped pyramids or the Aztecs charted the stars, a mysterious people carved colossal human heads out of solid basalt and dragged them across unforgiving terrain. The Olmecs are considered the "e;mother culture"e; of Mesoamerica, yet th...