Not all deities from the vast Maya pantheon were venerated ... that Maya and other Mesoamerican societies stemmed from the Olmec, an agricultural superpower that developed an innovative sacred ...

Olmec stone mask (made around 2,500 years ago ... As well as honouring a wide range of gods the OImecs also revered their ancestors - so it's possible that this mask with its particular features ...

Germany has returned two 3,000-year-old pre-Hispanic wooden statues from the Olmec civilisation to the Mexican authorities. Mexico says the artefacts were taken illegally from an Olmec ...