M. The Young Guard . 1972. — 208 s. "A thorough study of the ancient history of mankind allows you to fully feel the breath of eternity, the breath of the worlds long gone from us" - so begins his book B. and . Gulyaev . Such books give the reader not only information about certain historical and prehistoric realities, but also teach him to think, instruct him in the high art of interpreting and generalizing the facts of the hard-to-know reality of past eras. The author faced a difficult task: to write a book that would make the reader “feel the breath of eternity”, to give a clear idea not only of the nature of the mysterious Olmec culture, but also of the romance of true search. Such a task is difficult primarily because we are talking about a culture that is completely unknown to the general readership, and about the problems around which there are heated debates.