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The Chichen-Itza ball court has unusual acoustical
properties. A person talking in a normal voice, at the spot this
picture was taken from, could be heard quite clearly by someone else
standing inside the Temple of the Bearded Man at the far end of the
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The object of the Mayan ball game was to drive a
rubber ball through the rings high on the ball court side walls.
The ball could only be hit with the elbow, waist, and hip. The
players wore leather pads to protect those areas of their
bodies. The game was quite rough and many players were hurt or
killed. Goals were extremely rare and if a goal was made the
game was automatically won. The winning team won the clothing
and jewelry off the spectators and the losing team captain lost his head. |
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