The ball games we play today are much less deadly, but there are still some similarities. For example, the Maya players had to ... was to keep the gods happy. People believed that the game was ...

(chile or ic in Mayan), Hampea trilobata (jool) and Oxandra lanceolata (chilcahuite), all known for their medicinal and, in some cases, hallucinogenic properties. It turns out that the ball game ...

The central part of the artifact features two people who appear ... and in the middle of it of Mayan dignitaries playing Pok Ta Pok, the pre-Columbian ball game, can change the history of the ...

From Brazilian favelas to dusty Congolese villages from a neolithic Scottish island and Mayan ... reasons we play ball helping us reclaim our universal connection to the ball games we love ...