One ritual aspect of the game is undeniable: human sacrifice. From art depicting decapitation on ball courts to detailed accounts in religious texts, the connection between the Mesoamerican ...

Located in the state of Veracruz, El Tajin was at its height from the early 9th to the early 13th century. It became the most important centre in north-east Mesoamerica after the fall of the ...

a group of athletes are on a mission to revive an ancient sporting tradition - a tribute to the game once enjoyed by their ancestors. Thought to be approximately 3,000-years-old, the Mesoamerican ...

Katherine Ott, Nowhere were ancient ball games more sophisticated than in Mesoamerica (modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras). Little is known about the rules of the game you’re ...