I suppose if you look at our mask, wanting to see an African or a Chinese face ... may have been a king: "For the Olmec we have these great colossal heads, we have thrones, portraits of kings ...

The Gail Borden Library in Elgin hopes you’ll fall head over heels for its “Olmec Origins” exhibit, which opened Wednesday.

Gail Borden Public Library’s new “Olmec Origins” exhibit, featuring 33 Olmec sculptures, makes its Kane County debut Nov. 13 at the main library in downtown Elgin.

Once an important site on the Olmec map, Chalcatzingo is known for its enormous stone heads, which are believed to represent ...