Researchers excavating the ancient Mayan city of Dzibanche ... of finding decorated façades of such significance on a ball court.” Finding and preserving Mayan reliefs has been one of the ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed rare carvings on an ancient Mayan ball court depicting a powerful snake-themed dynasty. Excavators have uncovered three stucco reliefs that depict scenes of the Kaanu ...

ancient Maya city under a jungle in Mexico, dotted with more than 6,000 structures including temple pyramids, enclosed plazas and a reservoir. The city, named Valeriana, is located in the south ...

Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico ... enclosed plazas connected by a broad causeway, temple pyramids, a ball court and a ...

The larger of these two centers contains temple pyramids, a ball court, a reservoir, and other hallmarks of the Classic Maya era. The researchers also note that the style and density of the area ...

No, this isn’t a plot from Indiana Jones: An ancient Maya city that’s been lost for centuries was just uncovered in Mexico.

Early scans show that the city was once the size of an ancient Maya capital — with multiple plazas, temples, a reservoir and even a ball court.

A ball court, where the ancient Mayan game of Pitz may have been played, was also found. The game could last two weeks, and its aim was to get the ball to the other side of the court without ...

the first of which boasts "all the hallmarks of a Classic Maya political capital," including multiple enclosed plazas, a reservoir, temples, and a ball court (often a focal point of Maya cities).

The site, in Dzibanché, was an early centre for the Maya and dates back to 300BC ... thought of finding such decorated façades on a ball court with such profound meanings as these ones ...