The work of sculptor Chavis Mármol, the piece involves a replica Olmec head weighing approximately 9 tons sitting on top of a crushed blue Tesla Model 3.

Naperville is helping host “Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy,” a DuPage County art exhibit devised to pay tribute to the indigenous roots of Mexican culture.

The Olmec Family Fiesta will be from 2 to 6 p.m. June 30 at the Lakeside Pavilion at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.

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From their stunning art and monumental stone heads to their significant influence on later civilizations, the Olmec legacy continues to shape Mexican culture and identity.

Archaeologists have found 17 Olmec Colossal Heads at four locations, which shed light on the Olmec civilization who created them.

The massive statues likely depict rulers from the ancient Olmec civilization. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mysterious ...

Last Monday, March 11, artist Chavis Mármol dropped a nine-ton Olmec head made of quarry stone onto a blue Tesla Model 3. (all photos by and courtesy the artist) Success! Your account was created ...

Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica ...

Many scholars regard the Olmec as the “mother culture” of ancient Mesoamerica, a civilization where particular types of monumental architecture, sculpture and gods originated. Among the later Maya, ...