'It's about to return to its home, from where it should never have been stolen.'
The Earth Monster is an Olmec artifact that archaeologists believe symbolizes a mythological figure and the entrance to an underworld.It's a story straight out of anmovie: a one-ton stone carving made by the Olmecs — one of the first civilizations to appear in Latin America — will be returned to Mexico from its current location in Denver after being recovered by an"Antiquities Trafficking Unit" based in Manhattan, New York.
Information surrounding the stone carving's location is being kept under wraps to ensure that it's kept safe and sound before its move. Ebrad and other consulate members will visit Denver to oversee the repatriation of the relic, which landed in the Mile High City after it was stolen from its home in Chalcatzingo, in the Mexican state of Morelos south of Mexico City.. But officials suspect it's been in the U.S.
The DA's office formed the unit in 2017 to deal with the nonstop trade of stolen antiquities from historic sites around the globe. A 2021 article inThe Olmecs likely made the Earth Monster sculpture sometime between 800 B.C. and 400 A.D. Credited as the first major civilization in today's Mexico, the Olmecs supposedly thrived from 1200 B.C. to 400 A.D., but details about their history and what happened to them remain unknown.
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