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Description of  The Olmec Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Olmecs, Starting from Agriculture in Mesoamerica to the Fall of La Venta

Which came first - the Olmecs or the Mayan? The Olmecs or the Incans? Walk with us among Colossal Heads and some of the first pyramids in Mesoamerica - yes! Pyramids across the world from Giza and Egypt! Come join us on the journey to discover just where this amazing culture began and ended - and why we are still studying the Olmecs today. Historians and scholars still battle over the origins of - and reasons for- some of Mesoamerica's formative civilizations downturn. How could such unique, innovative, and thriving societies fall without certain evidence of the causes? And what might the Mayans or Incans have to do with the Olmecs' rise and fall? Read more