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The Olmecs Mask, 10th–6th century B.C. Mexico; Olmec Jadeite; Overall: 6 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in. (17.1 x 16 x 16 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Source: Wikipedia. 1- Who were the Olmecs? The Olmecs were the first major civilization in Mexico . They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco . The name Olmec is a Nahuatl —the Aztec language —word; it means the " rubber people ". The Olmecs might have been the first people to figure out how to convert latex of the rubber tree into something that could be shaped, cured, and hardened. Because the Olmecs did not have much writing beyond a handful of carved glyphs —symbols—that survived, we don't know what name the Olmec people gave themselves. Appearing around 1600 BCE, the Olmecs were among the first Mesoamerican complex societies , and their culture influenced many later civilizations, like t he Maya .
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Tombs of the Lords of  Sipán The facial reconstruction of the Lord of Sipán was a project organized by the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University (UIGV), the Tumbas Reales Museum of Sipán and the Brazilian Team of Forensic Anthropology and Lega - Ebrafol Dentistry. In the stage referring to the presentation of the bust, the CTI Renato Archer from Campinas and plastic artist Mari Bueno participated in the project. Source: Cicero Moraes- Wikipedia. In 1987, some of the world’s richest and most extraordinary tombs were found on the North coast of Peru . They were left by the people of the Moche culture , who preceded the Inca by some 1,000 years. To this day, the site continues to yield great wonders. The Lord of Sipán  ( El Señor de Sipán ) is the name given to the first of several  Moche mummie s found at Huaca Rajada ,  Sipán , Peru by archaeologist  Walter Alva . Some archaeologists consider this find to be one of the most important archaeological discover
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Cherchen Man The Cherchen Man. Source:  https://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/05/06/china%E2%80%99s-celtic-mummies-ancient-secrets-hold/ Cherchen Man  or  Chärchän Man  or  Ur-David  is a member of the group known as  Tarim mummies . His naturally-mummified remains were discovered in Tomb 2 at the cemetery of Zaghunluq near the town of  Qiemo  ( Chärchän ) in the Taklamakan Desert  of north-west  China . The mummy is an adult male who is believed to have died around 1000 BCE and is likely to have been around the age of fifty at the time of his death. He like the rest of the Tarim Mummies are famous for their European like facial features and clothing. It is believed that the Cherchen man like the other Tarim mummies are evidence of the Afanasevo culture 's descent from the Indo-European language speakers who migrated into the Russian Steppes around 3300 BCE.   It is not known approximately what his height was as estimates range from around 165 cm (5' 5&