Ōllamaliztli
The Ancient Mayans did in fact play sports. The Mesoamerican ballgame, also known as Ōllamaliztli in Nahuatl, was a “sport” practiced by all of the major civilizations from the Olmecs to the Aztecs. The entire objective of the game was to strike a rubber ball through the hoop using any part of the body except for the hands.
Ōllamaliztli
City Life
The Late Preclassic city of Mirador, located in the northern Peten, was actually one of the greatest cities ever built in the pre-Columbian Americas.
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