While the San Lorenzo Olmecs had ignored the then sparsely populated Mayan lands, their successors at La Venta significantly influenced the subsequent rise of the Maya.[xxiii] Olmec artifacts from La Venta have been found in the oldest layers of some of the earliest Mayan sites.[xxiv] The oldest known Mayan mural depicts an Olmec deity. And some of the earliest images of Mayan kings are found on the backs of reused Olmec jade artifacts and show these Mayan kings wearing Olmec attire.[xxv]
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