Adjacent to the Stelae Plaza is Merwyn Plaza and the Ball Court . The plaque at the Ball Court describes the ball game.
The Ball Game
As with other Mayan sites of importance, Kohunlich has a Ball Game court . The game played here had great symbolic content, which appears to have been related to the notions of the Under-world and to sacrificial rites.
Further along is the star attraction in Kohunlich, the Temple of the Masks.
Merwyn Plaza in Kohunlich
SOURCE: Merwyn Plaza in Kohunlich (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, México); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.
The Ball Court in Kohunlich
SOURCE: The Ball Court in Kohunlich (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, México); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.
Temple of the Masks – Front
SOURCE: Temple of the Masks – Front (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, México); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.
Temple of the Masks – Side
SOURCE: Temple of the Masks – Side (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, México); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.
Copyright © 2012 by Stephen J. Danko
