Ancient Mayans playing ball pictured on remarkable 1,300-year-old stone panels
Foreign and local rulers played the game.
Martha Henriques
By Martha Henriques
September 21, 2017 09:35 BST
Two 1,300-year-old stone panels show Mayans playing with nine-handspan balls while carrying fancy fans.
The panels were discovered at the archaeological site of Tipan Chen Uitz in Belize in 2015, dating from about 700 AD. They are the first panels relating to ballplayers found in Belize. The images have short and complete hieroglyphic captions.
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