![]() It’s a mystery to me, but it is very interesting. I believe it would be impossible to move such a heavy item over wet lands. The question remains, how many people are needed to move all those tons of rocks? According to calculations of researches about 20 people would be needed to move 0,5 ton, while the heaviest stones weighs about 40 ton! Go figure.Īnother problem would have been the area where the Olmecs used to live, as it exists mainly of swamps. However, there are several theories about how the Olmecs could have transported the stone heads and it seems like the most likely one is about wooden rollers that were placed below the statue to move them without damage. ![]() When you think about the weight of the colossal heads, which is about 20 to 40 ton a piece, I can’t quite figure how they would’ve moved them. On the Southern part of Veracruz, about 70 km away from where the original Olmec site used to be, the most nearby necessary material for the giant statues can be found. How did the ancient Olmec civilization manage to move these colossal heads?” Stone had to be carved by stone as back then metal and bronze shouldn’t have been available to the Olmec culture yet. Around the stone age the Olmec civilization was existing and back then they didn’t have the tools you’d expect them to have used for these pieces. Looking at the statues for ourselves we see no similarities to other statues in Mexico and we can’t stop wonder why these colossal heads are so different from the other sculptures in Mesoamerica. How did the ancient Olmec civilization create such perfect statues by just using stone?” ![]() Olmec heads don’t look at all like the natives of the area, but why would ancient civilizations create African figures in Mexico? Walking through the park of La Venta does raise many more questions. During the Ancient Aliens episodes it is suggested that the Olmec heads represent African people in flight helmets. On top of our list was La Venta, which had been appearing several times during the episodes of season 4 in Mexico. We wanted to see the incredible artifact and mysterious ruins that are mentioned in the episodes for ourselves. Even before the famous Maya, Inca and Aztec cultures.Īfter watching Ancient Aliens on the History Channel we got really intrigued. Yet it was possibly one of the first cultures – if not the first, to have reigned over Mesoamerica. The aviary in the zoo part of La Venta The old black jaguar of La Venta The spotted jaguar of La Venta Mosaic of the Jaguar Why la venta got on our to-visit listĪ culture that is barely known today is the Olmec culture. A little zoo is created in this museum area where in addition you find native animals such as a few jaguars, crocodiles, several birds and even reptiles. In the middle of the jungle in Villahermosa you find the La Venta museum and therefore it seems like the statues have never been moved. In 1958 a native poet called Carlos Pellicer opened the Parque Museo La Venta in the city of Villahermosa where about 36 of these big pieces were placed to save them from oil excavations. It’s still not clear how these giant statues were made back then. In 1940 a collection of pieces from the Olmec culture was found by several archeologists. La Venta is actually a swamp area in the Tabasco province. ![]() Parque La Venta makes it sound as if you are literally standing in La Venta upon arrival, but to be quite frank, you’re in a completely different place. There they are exhibited in a beautiful jungle park. In the city of La Venta colossal Olmec heads made out of rocks were found by archeologists, which nowadays are located at the nearby Villahermosa. By Renate Rigters | That Wanderlust Posted in Culture and people, Historical Ruins, ItTakesTwo, Mexico, National Parks, North America The young Olmec warrior One of the first people to have lived in Mexico were the Olmec people and you can find their history in the Mexican province of Tabasco. ![]()
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