One of the many things the ancient Maya are remembered for is their ball game, which they called pitz. This game is more than 3,000 years old. 300 courts have been found, and they were in the ...

(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 ...

PHOTOGRAPHED AT MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO DE CAMPECHE FUERTE DE SAN MIGUEL These visits might seem innocuous now—orchestrating a wedding, playing an ancient Maya ball game (a sport involving a ball ...

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Its cultural influence extended all along the Gulf and penetrated into the Maya region and the high plateaux of central Mexico. Its architecture, which is unique in Mesoamerica, is characterized by ...

and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics ...

February, 2013: WCBA Championship (Shanxi Xing Rui Flame) In Shanxi’s first season in top flight WCBA ball, Maya led her squad to a title, besting Liz Cambage and Zhejiang for the title.

a ball court, and a number of palaces, including the magnificent Three-Storey Palace with its rounded columns. Uaxactún, which means "eight-stone" in Yucatec Maya and is named for the earliest ...