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zukiwuki
· 7 years ago
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Like how if they lost, they would be sacrificed to the gods? (This picture looks like the Aztecs or something like them)
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geluregis
· 7 years ago
Wasn't it the winning team that got sacrificed?
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mrscollector
· 7 years ago
Actually the winning team won all the jewelry and money from the people who was watching. Which was the whole village. Also the sacrifice thing didnt happen every game. Probably only on special occasions.
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siren
· 7 years ago
@geluregis The Mayans did sacrifice the winners because they thought that it was a better sacrifice for their gods.
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guest
· 7 years ago
All I could think is "El Dorado"
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parisqeen
· 7 years ago
Mighty and powerful gods
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deathly_hallows
· 7 years ago
That poor Armadillo...
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tony007
· 7 years ago
Please explain this historians.
freault4
· 7 years ago
I believe this is the ceremonial game of tlachtli, versions of which were played by the Olmec (I believe the earliest), Toltecs, Maya, and Aztec. I do believe the losers were sacrificed after the game, but it was slaves/prisoners of war who played. Source: I took an Aztec archaeology course in college... Also, the ball is the first archaeological evidence we have of the use of natural rubber---Bouncy!
deleted
· 7 years ago
the good old days.
guest
· 7 years ago
That was on El Dorado...the disney movie. So like everyone will understand this man *plays furiosly on a spanish guitar*
lafayette
· 7 years ago
There was never a game. I've been to Chichen Itza and the hoops and murals are intact. The murals are mostly to scale including the fabled ball for the game. With the hight of. The hoops it is impossible to get the ball through no matter how you play, add on that the ball is too big to fit through the hoop? No game.
