Austin, Texas: Giant Olmec Head Replica
"El Rey," replica of a giant stone-carved head of a leader from an early central American civilization.
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
- Address:
- Red River St., Austin, TX
- Directions:
- Entrance to Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Richardson Hall, Red River St. and Clyde Littlefield Dr.
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"El Rey" -- replica of a giant Olmec stone head, a gift from Mexico. 14 of these public sculptures are installed around the world.
"I'm not crying."
[RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 01/26/2017]
Behold "El Rey," as they call the replica of a giant stone-carved Olmec head added to the campus at the University of Texas in 2008. There are 14 of these 6-ton Olmec heads given as gifts by Mexico and placed around the world, to remind all of the Olmec society that flourished for a while in ancient central America.
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Other Olmec head replicas: Smithsonian in DC, Chicago's Field Museum, and San Francisco's City College Ocean Avenue campus. Another insidious, long-term scheme to confuse future archaeologists.