Checks notes. Yeah looks nothing like Olmec.
I honestly have no idea which civilization that photo is supposed to represent because the person who posted that doesn’t say. For all I know, it’s actually in Botswana.
It could be photoshopped or generated. Image search points to these types of ancient alien nutters with the exact image. Other image search hits that aren’t the exact location go to Kanheri Caves in Mumbai, Ellora Caves, Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad Caves, etc. None of those places seem to have photos or locations that look like that. Anyways, a lack of skeptisicm will make fools follow charlatans.
It’s the Martian canal people
I love how it’s presented like they could have just gotten on a plane. Once a century the Olmec rolled some dice and then sent ten artisans to one other empire on the other side of the globe. No planning, supply chains, or other stops on this world tour. Just one cultural exchange about how to carve a face to this one other set of artisans. Oh, India and Egypt want to learn how to carve faces like the Olmec? Too bad. They are only stopping once on this flight of fancy.
Also what’s the name for when a intimate object looks like a human face? Definitely wide eyed open mouth surprise face.
I’m 95% sure this single rock on a giant featureless plain only exists in the output of some AI.
Nobody would carve a massive overhang like that, and then make the sides natural-looking
