| Object Name: | Ball Court |
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| Creation Date: | 200-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Classic Maya | |
| Site: | Palenque, Chiapas | |
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| Image source: | © Dr. Manuel Aguilar | |
| In the Maya centers the ball court was seen as the threshold between this world and Xibalba, the arena for confrontation; the ritualized ballgame played therein reenacted the original contest between the Hero Twins and the gods of death. | ||
