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The ball court of the Mayan city of Copan. The game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed on the side walls.
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Original image by Adalberto Hernandez Vega. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 15 September 2013 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Vega, A. H. (2013, September 15). Ball Court, Copan. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/1430/
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Vega, Adalberto H. "Ball Court, Copan." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 15, 2013. https://www.ancient.eu/image/1430/.
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Vega, Adalberto H. "Ball Court, Copan." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 27 Oct 2020.
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