In the mid 1960’s, some kids from the Eastern Mexican village of Las Limas, in the habit of breaking nuts on a stone from a dirt road. In an attempt to extract the rock, two of them discovered a mysterious sculpture which will become an emblematic art work of the Olmec culture. Las Limas Monument 1 (El Señor de la Limas) (900-400 av. J.C.) depicts a sitting figure whose body’s surface is incised with countless symbolic patterns with sacred references. In its arms, lies the loosen body of a were-jaguar baby, perhaps a rain or a fertility god. The back of this sculpture is flattened, and shows two symmetric cavities, probably made to facilitate transportation on a man’s back. However, many uncertainties remain as to both the method used to go from one point to another, and its relevance.
Inspired by the stories around this iconic sculpture since long time ago, Abraham

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