What's the story behind the #Tesla crushed by an #Olmec head in #Mexico City?

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/got-1-min-the-mystery-of-the-tesla-crushed-by-an-olmec-head/

#tesla #presidentelonmusk #mexican #olmec

This is genius !!

“ He dropped a massive nine-ton Olmec head replica onto a Tesla Model 3, leaving the luxury car crushed under the weight of history. It’s not just destruction—it’s a message.” https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/

https://www.colima71.com/blogs-en/tesla-crushed-by-olmec-head-boutique-hotel-mexico-city

Artist Chavis Mármol Crushes Tesla With Colossal Olmec Head Sculpture
https://hyperallergic.com/878913/artist-chavis-marmol-crushes-tesla-with-colossal-olmec-head-sculpture/

Untitled destruction project
#olmec vs #tesla
chavis mármol
nine-ton quarry stone replica of colossal olmec head dropped on blue tesla model 3

https://www.tumblr.com/jmassino/773751927239524352?source=share

Institute of Maya Studies of Miami, Florida presenting a livestream lecture event, Wednesday, November 13 • 8 pm US Eastern Time

“Olmec and Epi-Olmec Writing, Calendars, and Astronomy: Our Current State of Knowledge”

with Dr. Ed Barnhart
Access and download this active hyperlink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81257772258

4,000 years ago the Olmec, one of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, were the first to turn the cacao plant into chocolate.

An Olmec Earth Monster Is Repatriated to Mexico - Atlas Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/olmec-earth-monster-monument-nine-repatriated

"The repatriation of an ancient sculpture highlights the influential early Mesoamerican culture. "

An Olmec ‘Earth Monster’ Returns to Mexico
The repatriation of an ancient sculpture highlights the influential early Mesoamerican culture.
An extremely important 1-ton sculpture, sometimes referred to by archaeologists as an “Earth Monster” or Monument 9, was repatriated to Mexico from a private collection in Colorado in May 2023
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/olmec-earth-monster-monument-nine-repatriated #olmec #EarthMonster #Chalcatzingo

An Olmec 'Earth Monster' Returns to Mexico

The repatriation of an ancient sculpture highlights the influential early Mesoamerican culture.
An Olmec 'Earth Monster' Returns to Mexico

"'The mountain-cave-mouth symbolic complex acquired a high iconographic value throughout Mesoamerica from very early times, giving rise over the millennia to increasingly complex sets of images,' according to a book written by the father-son scholarly duo Alfredo Lopez Austin and Leonardo Lopez Lujan."

Back in Mexico, 'Earth Monster' Sculpture Points to Ancient Beliefs

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/back-mexico-earth-monster-sculpture-points-ancient-beliefs-2023-05-27/ via Reuters
Photo via Reuters
#Olmec #Olmecs #Mexico #Mesoamerica #Anthropology #Archeology

“Olmec ‘Earth Monster’ Illegally Taken to US Will Be Repatriated to Mexico” by Francesca Aton #ARTNews #Olmec #Repatriation #CulturalHeritage #Mexico @academicchatter https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/olmec-earth-monster-artifact-repatriated-mexico-1234663110/

A “key piece for investigations of Olmec iconography,” the United States is repatriating this “Earth monster" statue to Mexico.

#Art #Archaeology #Olmec #Mexico

https://hyperallergic.com/813084/mexico-most-sought-after-olmec-artifact-heads-home/

Mexico regains ancient statue known as 'earth monster' from US https://www.straitstimes.com/world/mexico-regains-ancient-statue-known-as-earth-monster-from-us #Mexico #Olmec #museums #Statue

Olmec art at Dumbarton Oaks

https://www.doaks.org/resources/olmec-art

@linguistics #archaeology

The "Cascajal Block" is an #Olmec engraved slab found in the State of #Veracruz , #Mexico in 1999. It has been dated to around 900-650 BC (its dating is still controversial) and may represent the oldest #writingsystem in the #Americas , since it contains 62 #undeciphered glyphs (many of them repeated). It is still kept in the village of "Lomas of Tacamichapan", where it was originally found. Photos my own.