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Pastimes : La Galleria

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To: ChrisJP who wrote (122)3/17/2002 2:09:55 PM
From: SusieQ1065  Read Replies (3) of 268
 
Some fabulous photo's of the The Ball Court at Chichén Itzá

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It is not hard to imagine a Mayan King sitting here presiding over the games. Legends say that the the winning captain would present his head to the losing capitan, who then decapitates him. While this may seem a strange reward, the Mayans believed this to be the ultimate honor.The winning captain getting a direct ticket to heaven instead of going through the 13 steps that the Mayan's believed they had to go through in order to reach heaven..

**be sure to click on "Come enter the Cenoté"....

;-)
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