Archaeologists discover Mayan scoreboard at Mexico's Chichen Itza

12 Aprel 2023 19:47 | 1 508

A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, archaeologists said this week, SIA refers to foreign media.

The circular piece, measuring just over 32 centimeters in diameter and weighing 40 kilos, displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball, according to a statement from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).

The stone believed to be a scoreboard, dates from between A.D. 800 and A.D. 900.

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