During the works (1927), however, the colossal head and arms of a marble statue were discovered.
It has been estimated that moving a colossal head required the efforts of 1,500 people for three to four months.
The colossal Olmec heads demanded their due, and they got it.
It is possible that the colossal heads were created to honor rulers or even champion athletes.
Round went the colossal heads; right about was the word, and away dashed the whole herd back toward the tank.
Estimates of the time span during which colossal heads were produced vary from 50 to 200 years.
Monument Q was the eleventh colossal head to be discovered.
If originally a colossal head then it would be the only known example from outside the Olmec heartland.
All of the 17 confirmed colossal heads remain in Mexico.
It bent its colossal head down to her level.