Naperville is helping host “Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy,” a DuPage County art exhibit devised to pay ... An interactive map of where the Olmec heads can be found around DuPage County can ...

The exhibition seeks to shed light on the culture of the ancient Olmec civilization, said Diana Martinez, director of the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage.

"The Olmecs gave us a lot. Corn, chocolate, spices," Ramirez said. Olmec Trails takes people on a physical and historical journey with 33 installments outdoors and indoors across multiple towns.

The Olmec civilization developed around present-day Veracruz, Mexico, predating the Maya and Aztecs. Some scholars consider the Olmec society the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica.

ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson ...

Some argue the Olmec culture began fading around 1000 B.C. Others say radiocarbon dates the archeological finds between 1150 and 400 B.C., which puts them in Mesoamerica’s preclassical period. The ...

An Olmec cave mask dating back almost 3,000 years was returned to Mexico in July after an investigation by prosecutors in Manhattan with Homeland Security discovered it had been looted and seized ...