Gladiator fights.

The Classic Mayan vetsion thosebball courts still exist at ruin sites and are shaped differently. The old game had little to do directly with the winged serpent.

Is this photo of the tennis courts after demo? The earthworks here could be some of the by-product of the temple excavation. The mounded walls could hide any activities from other land or water viewpoints. Are they high enough to hide a helicopter being boarded?

Seems like a stretch.

In Mesoamerican mythology the game is an important element in the story of the Maya gods Hun Hunahpú and Vucub Hunahpú. The pair annoyed the gods of the underworld with their noisy playing and the two brothers were tricked into descending into Xibalba (the underworld) where they were challenged to a ball game. Losing the game, Hun Hunahpús had his head cut off; a foretaste of what would become common practice for players unfortunate enough to lose a game.

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