Jade Skirt: Look… this is the Ball Game! We call it a game, bit it is actually very serious. It can be used to settle arguments between different towns. We have a great legend about the ball game.

Jade Skirt: Look… this is the Ball Game! We call it a game, bit it is actually very serious. It can be used to settle arguments between different towns. We have a great legend about the ball game.

When the court was constructed around 80 ... to get a blessing from and appease the gods.” The Maya invented and played several ball games, such as pok-a-tok, a “mix of soccer and basketball ...

A bundle of botanicals buried at an ancient Maya ball court in Mexico may have been placed there as part of a ritual, according to a new study. Archaeologists made the discovery while conducting ...