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archaeology2 years ago

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.

via Yahoo News|
#archaeology#ball-game#chichen-itza
archaeology2 years ago

Mayan 'scoreboard' for ancient game found in Mexico.

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.

via Yahoo! Voices|
#archaeology#ball-game#chichen-itza
archaeology2 years ago

1,000-year-old Mayan ball game scoreboard unearthed in Mexico

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old Mayan scoreboard at the Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The circular stone piece, believed to be a scoreboard for a soccer-like ball game, displays hieroglyphic writing and dates back to between 800 AD and 900 AD. The ball game was a traditional practice of Mesoamerican peoples and is believed to have had ritual undertones. The Chichen Itza complex is one of the main archaeological centers of the Mayan civilization in the Yucatan Peninsula.

via CNN|
#archaeology#ball-game#chichen-itza
archaeology2 years ago

Ancient Mayan scoreboard unearthed in Mexico's Chichen Itza

A stone scoreboard believed to be over 1,000 years old and used in an ancient ritual ball game has been discovered at the Mayan Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Mexico. The circular piece displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball and is believed to date from between AD800 and AD900. The game, played with a heavy rubber ball, was a traditional practice of Mesoamerican peoples and is believed to have had ritual undertones.

via The Guardian|
#archaeology#chichen-itza#mayan