Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image

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Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting headless body of a player with the snakes streaming out of the neck.

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Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting headless body of a player with the snakes streaming out of the neck. The ball game was symbolic of death and rebirth.
Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting the ball players wearing protective clothing and decorated with feathers.
Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting the ball players wearing protective clothing and decorated with feathers.
Ancient Mayan carvings at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itz — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting a player holding a knife and a severed head in another. Opposite him a headless body with the snakes streaming out of the neck.
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Ancient Mayan mural depicting jaguars grasping human hearts on the wall of the Temple of a Thousand Warriors in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.
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Intricately-carved square limestone pillar at the entrance into the Temple of the Jaguars in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.
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Ancient Mayan mural at the Great Ball Court in Chichen Itza depicting a ball player wearing protective clothing and decorated with feathers.
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Ancient Mayan mural depictin a Mayan warrior on the Platform of the Eagles and the Jaguars at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
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Ancient Mayan carving on the wall of the Temple of the Frescoes in the Tulum Archaeological Zone, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Ancient Mayan murals depicting jaguars and eagles grasping human hearts on the Platform of the Eagles and the Jaguars at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Ancient Mayan murals on the Platform of the Eagles and the Jagua — Stock Photo, Image
Platform of the Skulls in Chichen Itza, a.k.a. Tzompantli, was supposedly used to memorialize past victims as well as to display the heads of sacrificial victims or enemies that had died in battle.
Platform of the Skulls in Chichen Itza — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan murals depicting jaguars and eagles grasping human hearts on the Platform of the Eagles and the Jaguars at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Ancient Mayan murals on the Platform of the Eagles and the Jagua — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan murals decorating the Venus Platform at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Ancient Mayan murals on the Venus Platform at Chichen Itza — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan murals decorating the Venus Platform at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Ancient Mayan murals on the Venus Platform at Chichen Itza — Stock Photo, Image
Ancient Mayan mural depicting an eagle grasping a human heart and a warrior holding a human head on the Platform of the Skulls, a.k.a. Tzompantli in Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
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The Platform of Eagles and Jaguars in the Great Plaza in the Chichen Itza archaeological area in Yucatan, Mexico.
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