Mexican Archaeologists Find 2,800-Year-Old Monument [ Olmecs ]

Latin American Herald Tribune ^ | Thursday, July 28, 2011 | EFE

[SunkenCiv]

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[reaganaut]

Nephite *cough* archeology ping.

[RadiationRomeo]

Did the Olmecs have house cats? (like Egyptians)

Or are these Jaguars?

[Red_Devil 232]

It is always frustrating to me when a newspaper or journal reports on something like this and they do not include a picture. ARRRRG!

[Beowulf9]

"It is always frustrating to me when a newspaper or journal reports on something like this and they do not include a picture. ARRRRG!"

[Beowulf9]

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/12081

[Beowulf9]

If those are their house pets I’m goin’ back in my own house!

[Red_Devil 232]

Thank You! Those are not pets!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is amusing if you follow the online comic Wapsi Square. It is about a girl museum archeologist in Minneapolis, surrounded by supernatural events and beings, most of whom look like young women, but with vast powers.

You do have to start from the beginning. Sometimes adult themed.

[SuziQ]

The ‘cats’ they revered and feared were a bit larger than the typical house cat. They were panthers or jaguars, or whatever large feline that was in the jungles at the time.

[Grut]

Thank You! Those are not pets!

The one on the left looks a lot like Garfield, though.

[camle]

square teeth??? oh well, bet they’d give the viking kitties some pause...

[Godzilla]

*snort*

[FlyingEagle]

Look sort of like Honey Badgers.

[Elsie]

PRAISE Moroni!!

The BoM is TRUE!!!!

[Elsie]

[spyone]

When I see those images, I find similarities with Indian, Asian, and Pacific NW native Indian art.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks yefragetuwrabrumuy.

[SunkenCiv]

Jaguars, and on occasion it was vice versa. “Mmmm, Purrrr, Olmec buffet...”