An ancient Mayan empire city was found in the Mexican jungle
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Ocomtún, with large pyramidlike buildings, stone columns, a ball field and imposing buildings and plazas, was likely an important city, anthropologists say.
  • livus@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Very cool. Iirc, in those ancient ball games, it was really hard to get the ball through the hoop and if you did you won a lot of riches.

      • proprioception@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        The captain maybe, but if someone actually made the ball go through the hole the game was stopped and that person was given all the wagered loot, and was also able to take things from the audience or whoever he wanted too.

        Thing is, it was really difficult to make the shot. So a very rare occurrence.

        Also the audience got really into betting, some of them lost it all, and some even gambled themselves into slavery.

        Fun game!