Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez โ Season 1, Episode 3: The Olmec Heads
Documentary โข 59 min โข 2 seasons, 6 episodes โข โ 7.5/10
Episode synopsis
Janina Ramirez travels to Mexico, where, just before the outbreak of WWII, American husband-and-wife explorer team Matthew and Marion Stirling were lured into the jungle by the legend of a colossal stone head. They found the head โ and a lot more than they bargained for โ because it turned out to be the first clue in a trail that led to the discovery of a lost civilisation, now known as the Olmecs.
About Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.