Archaeologists in southeastern Mexico recently unearthed an ancient crypt dating back more than 1,000 years and made a ...

Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago ... "You can play the ball game without those [sloping] structures, ...

In this case, scientists found the location of a deposit beneath the playing field and recorded over 100,000 gene sequences, confirming the importance this civilization placed on foundational and ...

Indeed, the game included several ritualistic elements. Depending on the version of the game, pelota players used their hips, knees, and elbows to direct a rubber ball — whose movements may have ...

Discover all about the Maya ball game pitz and find out why it was so important to the Maya in this BBC Bitesize year 5/6 primary history guide.

The dimensions of the playing fields vary greatly: from a mere 7 meters long at the Mayan site of Tikal, Guatemala, to the "colossal" field – the term used by Bourget – at Chichen Itza, Mexico ...

The Chichén Itzá archaeological site boasts a massive ball court where this game was played, archaeologists said in the release. Yet the 1,100-year-old monument was likely related to a much ...

The stone depicts two figures playing an ancient soccer-like ball game, experts said. The circular relic was discovered at the Mayan Chichen Itza site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

The Mayan people appeared to have used it to play a ritualistic game with a heavy ball. This game held significant cultural and religious importance for the Mayan civilisation.

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a “rare” 1,200-year-old tablet they believe to be a scoreboard for an ancient Mayan ball game.

The ancient indigenous people practiced the game to resolve land conflicts or other matters and thus avoid bloodshed. Now, their descendants try to preserve it. “The Mayan ball game has very important ...

Archaeologists at Chichén Itzá unearthed a heavy stone with carvings of two ball players and complete Mayan hieroglyphic text, photos show. 1,100-year-old monument to Mayan ball game found in ...