Mayan ballgame artifacts discovered in Mexico's Chichén Itzá.

A 1,000-year-old Mayan "scoreboard" depicting two figures playing an ancient soccer-like ball game was discovered at the Mayan Chichen Itza site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The circular stone's diameter was just over 32 centimeters and it weighed 40 kilograms. Experts identified the two figures on the stone as playing the ball game "pelota" - a team game played with a heavy rubber ball, which is thought to have had ritual connotations. The Chichen Itza is a historical center of Mayan civilization and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.