The Olmec colossal heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders. They are found in Mexico. They range in height from 1.17 to 3.4 meters or 3.8 to 11.2 ft.
The heads date from at least 900 BC and are a distinctive feature of the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica.They probably represent portraits of powerful individual Olmec rulers.
The Olmec heads show happy or frowning faces and they always wear weird helmets. These sculptures have been found at archaeological sites in Mexico, including La Venta and San Lorenzo. The Olmec Were the First Major Mesoamerican Culture. The Olmec Heads clearly have African features and is unknown how Africans reached Mexico at the time . It is not clear if Olmecs were with African descent. There are 17 colossal heads in four different sites. Dating them is difficult but we know for sure they were buried into the ground around 900 BC for mysterious reasons and that makes them older than 900 BC. The smallest weigh 6 tons, while the largest is variously estimated to weigh 40 to 50 tons. The heads were each carved from a single basalt boulder which in some cases were transported 100 km or more to their final destination. That lives unanswered the question.
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