Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 57 minutes ago

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#TecaxicCalixtlahucaHead
#PreColumbian
#Roman

There are plenty of crazy theories about Pre-Colombian contact between the Old and New Worlds (excepting the Norse who we do definitely know came to North America at least once). There is, however, an artifact which maybe, possibly, suggests a one-off Roman discovery of the Americas.




SOURCES:

The Roman Head From Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca, Mexico: A Review of the Evidence, Hristov et al

The “Roman Figurine” Supposedly Excavated at Calixtlahuaca, Smith

The Calixtlahuaca Head, McColloch

Reply to Peter Schaaf and Gunther A. Wagner’s “Comments on ‘Mesoamerican Evidence of Pre-Colombian Transoceanic Contacts’”, Hristov et al