Ars Technica: Maya used hallucinogenic plants in rituals to bless their ball courts Live Science: Traces of hallucinogenic plants and chile peppers found at Maya ball court suggest rituals took place there Traces of hallucinogenic plants and chile peppers found at Maya ball court suggest rituals took place there IFLScience: Ancient Maya May Have Blessed Their Ballcourts With Chilli Peppers And Hallucinogenic Plants Ancient Maya May Have Blessed Their Ballcourts With Chilli Peppers And Hallucinogenic Plants Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ancient Maya often built large ball courts in the center of their cities. The courts served for sports, social gatherings, and ...
The Maya played games like pok-a-tok, in which players hit a rubber ball through a stone circle such as this one in the ancient city of Chichen Itza. University of Cincinnati / LanaCanada At the site ... It’s well-known that the ancient Maya had their own version of ball games, which were played with a rubber ball on stone courts. Such games served not just as athletic events but also religious ones ...
