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"Those who departed along the road, never really went; they like to hide in music, in the streets, in our dreams, in aro...
03/11/2022

"Those who departed along the road, never really went; they like to hide in music, in the streets, in our dreams, in aromas and in memories"

05/04/2022

Cocoa, a tropical plant cultivated for 4,000 years, is one of Mexico’s greatest gifts to the world.

Want to learn more and watch the full story we made about cocoa from Mexico visit the website of Resilience Food Stories
Click: https://resiliencefoodstories.com/story/cocoa-mexicos-gift-to-the-world/

These stories are part of the long-term photo documentary Resilience Food Stories by photographer Ruud Sies and Hanneke van Hintum (creative producer) in partnership with Koppert

13/03/2022

The incredible Olmec Colossal Stone Heads.

So far only 17 Olmec stone heads have been unearthed to date and have been compiled together in a single image for your reference. (They range in height from 1.47 to 3.4 metres).

The major Olmec sites are from San Lorenzo, La Venta, Laguna de los Cerros, and Tres Zapotes in what is now southern Mexico. Much of what is known about the Olmecs was inferred from archaeological excavations at those sites, which have uncovered large earthen pyramids and platforms and monumental stone carvings.

The Olmecs lived in hot, humid lowlands along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in what is now southern Veracruz and Tabasco states in southern Mexico. The first evidence of their amazing art style appears about 1200 BCE in San Lorenzo, their oldest known building site.

The colossal heads cannot be precisely dated. However, the San Lorenzo heads were buried by around 900-1000 BC, indicating that their period of manufacture and use was even earlier still. This site is remarkable for its many stone monuments, including some of the colossal carved heads mentioned above.

The Olmecs developed a wide trading network, and between 1500 and 400 BCE their cultural influence had spread northwestward to the Valley of Mexico and southeastward to other parts of Central America.

Most colossal heads were sculpted from spherical basalt boulders but two from San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán were re-carved from massive stone thrones. An additional monument, at Takalik Abaj in Guatemala, is a throne that may have been carved from a colossal head. This is the only known example from outside the Olmec heartland.

The mysterious Olmec civilization is generally considered the forerunner of all the subsequent Mesoamerican cultures including the Maya and Aztecs.

Image by: Megalith Research©️

Tonalá, a crafts village absorbed by the urban sprawl of Guadalajara, keeps alive its traditions.
04/03/2022

Tonalá, a crafts village absorbed by the urban sprawl of Guadalajara, keeps alive its traditions.

04/03/2022
Beyond extraterrestrial intervention...
26/02/2022

Beyond extraterrestrial intervention...

06/02/2022

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