Olmec colossal heads by Matthew Stirling in 1938 spurred the first archaeological investigations of Olmec culture. Seventeen confirmed examples are known from four sites within the Olmec heartland on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Most colossal heads were sculpted from spherical boulders but two from San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán were re-carved from massive stone thrones. An additional monument, at Takalik Abaj in Guatemala, is a throne that may have been carved from a colossal head. This is the only known example from outside the Olmec heartland. Dating the monuments remains difficult because of the movement of many from their original contexts prior to archaeological
Attack of the Mayan Mummy Attack of the Mayan Mummy Attack of the Mayan Mummy is the Americanized, English-dubbed version of a 1957 Mexican horror film called "La Momia Azteca", aka "La Momia". It was made by Jerry Warren, who removed a huge portion of the original Mexican film, replacing it with newly filmed footage featuring American actors. This solved the problem of redubbing the original Spanish dialogue into English. Warren released his film in 1963. He later re-released the film in 1965 on a double bill with his "Creature of the Walking Dead". A Mayan temple maiden named Xochitl is reincarnated centuries later as