Olmec Colossal Head No. 9 San Lorenzo Exhibited at Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 8, 2004-Feb. 6, 2005.

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	Transporting the head.

Uncrating the head.	Riggers push a crate containing the head before using pulleys to move it in tiny increments.

Ixchel Fuentes (above), from the Musuem of Anthropology in Xalapa, Mexico, nervously watches the positioning of a 4-ton, 3,000-year-old Olmec head.	Unveiling the sculpture.

Ready for display.	The Olmec head is part of the "Treasures of Ancient Veracruz" exhibit at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum.