The sacred Ball Court was the site of a brutal Mayan sport. The field, approximately the size of a football field, is bordered by two imposing walls 26 feet tall. Seven combatants on each team tried to get a small rubber ball to go through a small stone hoop 23 feet above the ground without using their hands or feet to touch the ball. It is believed that the losers of this game were often sacraficed to the Gods. These Mayan games predate the olympics by about 500 years!

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