Archaeologists have found a Mayan hieroglyphic disk in southeastern Mexico. It is related to a Mayan ritual ball game called the Mesoamerican ball game.
The roughly 1,100-year-old artifact was discovered in the ruins of Chichén Itza on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Wednesday evening (local time).
To see two players in front of the ball
The stone scoreboard has a diameter of 32.5 centimeters, is 9.5 centimeters thick and weighs 40 kilograms, the INAH statement said. In the middle two players can be seen in front of a ball. The artifact was reportedly found in an inverted position at a depth of 58 centimeters.
According to the scientists, it was part of an entrance arch that collapsed. Archaeologist Francisco Pérez said the find may have commemorated an important event on the small ball court of the “Casa Colorada” (Red House) architectural complex.
Complete hieroglyphic writings are rarely found at Chichén Itza, the researchers said.
Source: Krone
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