Monumento 9: Olmec relief returned to Mexico
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History documented the return of Monumento 9 from Chalcatzingo, known as a portal to the underworld and the Earth Monster. The Olmec stone relief was handed over in Denver on 19 May 2023 and arrived in Mexico that evening. The July article describes a completed restitution, not a new theft.
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