A worker shows a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game found at Chichen Itza’s archaeological site during a news conference, in Merida, Mexico April 11, 2023.
An ancient stone “scoreboard” was discovered at an archeological site in Mexico earlier this week.
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.
An ancient stone “scoreboard” likely used in a soccer-like ball game was discovered at an archeological site in Mexico earlier this week, archaeologists said.
Found at the Mayan Chichen Itza site, researchers and archeologists said the circular stone’s diameter was just over 32 centimeters (or just over 12 inches) and it weighed 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds), according to a statement from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History on Twitter.
The stone, which is believed to be a kind of scoreboard, dates from between 800…
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