Explore ancient Olmec sculptures in Mexico

Two giant stone slabs with king figures and typical Olmec symbols were excavated, opening up a portrait of ancient history.

The Olmec civilization was a Central American civilization that existed from 1,200 BC to 400 BC. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

They are considered the oldest civilization to have dominated the Americas before the Spanish conquest. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

Recently, while conducting excavations in the town of Tenosique, in the state of Tabasco, near the southern tip of Mexico, experts from the Maya Research Center of the National University of Mexico unexpectedly found two strange artifacts. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

They are actually two massive three-dimensional limestone sculptures. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

They are about 1.4 meters in diameter and weigh 700 kg each. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

Two ancient stone slabs bearing reliefs of human faces are believed to depict two local rulers with their mouths open. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

Each circular stone is decorated with footprints, crowns, Olmec crosses and jaguar figures, with the gaping mouths of the leaders recalling the “jaguar roar” myth from Mexico’s ancient indigenous history. Photo: @National University of Mexico.

Professor Carlos Arturo Giordano Sánchez from the National University of Mexico said: "These are definitely sculptures from the Olmec period." Photo: @National University of Mexico.

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