The 1,400-year-old stone tablet reveals a spooky Mayan truth

Maya - the oldest civilization in the history of the Earth exists a lot of mysteries, including scary customs.

Historically, Maya has been one of the most ancient civilizations, in which there are many great mysteries, and even somewhat gruesome customs.

As recently, archaeologists have deciphered the two ancient stones of this ethnic group, and it revealed a game of great significance in the political community of the Maya, and in terms of horror in that too.

Specifically, two stones were found by experts from the University of Michigan (USA) dating from 600 - 800 AD - ie 1,400 years ago. Inside it depicts a traditional Mayan ball game , which is said to have a role to connect between communities.

The stone slab describes a game with traditional Mayan shadows.

The first stone had players wearing protective belts, and some hieroglyphs that said the ball had a circumference of 9 hands (or materials that made a ball as long as 9 hands).

The game will last for 2 weeks, and if the experts have correctly decoded, the reward for the winner of the team is . beheaded, and it is an honor.

The other stone was one-third missing, depicting a player with a large body, in a position to fall on his knees, to support his hand, and was supposed to prepare a shot.

This stone depicts a player with a large body, in a position to fall on his knees, to support his hands, and is said to be preparing to play.

2 stones are found at Tipan Chen Uitz - a city once home to thousands of Mayans."These stones show that the Tipan is a complex political place among Mayan communities," said Christopher Andres, the lead researcher.

"Tipan may be related to royalty, associated with important activities of the entire ethnic group".

Andres also described more clearly about this game. The game is held among the Mayan community. The stage is made of stone, and is a place for Maya cities to express power and wealth.

It is known that the Mayan civilization is located in Central America, existed for 3,000 years, during which the most prosperous period occurred in the year 250 - 900. They developed their own writing system, a precursor to the language. of the Columbia people later. This is also a highly developed civilization of art and construction, as well as a rather massive astronomical research system.

Maya Pyramid.

Mayan people have never disappeared. Today, there are still quite crowded communities around ancient relics.