Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered two Olmec bas-reliefs carved into large round stones. It is believed that
Twin sculptures were found in Tenosik,city in the state of Tabasco, near the southern border of Mexico. Scientists have suggested that the statues depict the rulers of the ancient Olmec civilization. They ruled between 1200 B.C. and 400 BC. and are considered the first advanced pre-Hispanic civilization in Mesoamerica. Today they are best known for their sculptures of colossal heads.
Image courtesy of INAH Tabasco
Diameter of massive 3D limestone sculpturesis approximately one and a half meters, they weigh 700 kg each. According to the scientists' official statement, the two carved monuments depict the faces of local rulers with their "angry mouths agape" and their arms crossed. The sculptures also depict tiaras, corn cobs and Olmec crosses. The open mouths of the leaders hint at the “roar of the jaguar,” anthropologists write.
Researchers from the Ministry of CultureThe Mexican government noted that the most unusual thing about the reliefs is the arrangement of the mouths on the figures. They are carved like the Ahabs - this is the title of the nobility of the states of the Mayan civilization, which adopted the Olmec traditions. It appears that the portraits date from between 900 and 400 BC. e., belonged to important persons of the community.
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