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Wicked Blue

(6,655 posts) Wed Apr 12, 2023, 08:12 AM Apr 2023

Chichen Itza: Archaeologists discover scoreboard for ancient Maya ball game



BBC News
By Vanessa Buschschlüter

Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered an intricately carved stone they believe was used as a scoreboard for pelota, a ball game played by the Maya hundreds of years ago.

The circular stone was found at the Chichen Itza archaeological site and is thought to be at least 1,200 years old.

At its centre are two players in elaborate headgear surrounded by hieroglyphic writing.

Experts are now analysing the writing to decipher its possible meaning.

The 40kg-stone (88lb) was found by archaeologist Lizbeth Beatriz Mendicut Pérez in an architectonic compound known as Casa Colorada (Red House).

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65250018
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Chichen Itza: Archaeologists discover scoreboard for ancient Maya ball game (Original Post) Wicked Blue Apr 2023 OP
KNR and fascinating. niyad Apr 2023 #1
So, 20 years or so to get a score from the game? Bayard Apr 2023 #2
Obviously no pitch clock. Sneederbunk Apr 2023 #3
Or just a way to let everybody know what inning it was Warpy Apr 2023 #4

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4. Or just a way to let everybody know what inning it was
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Wed Apr 12, 2023, 10:55 AM
Apr 2023

A scorecard wouldn't be set into a stone circle. Mayan time often was.

Pitch clock works, too.

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