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Tres Zapotes

One of the colossal heads from Tres Zapotes (Monument A)
One of the colossal heads from Tres Zapotes (Monument A). / HJPD, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Important center of the ancient Olmec culture. It was founded around 1000 BC and flourished in 900 – 800 BC. Here have been found such unique monuments of Olmec art as two colossal heads, monuments of some of the earliest writing systems, and the earliest calendar in the Western Hemisphere.

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GPS coordinates
18.4787 N 95.4360 W
Location, address
North America, Mexico, Veracruz, west of Santiago Tuxtla, north from Tres Zapotes village

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