{"id":15650,"date":"2012-02-12T23:30:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T07:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15650"},"modified":"2012-02-22T23:46:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T07:46:04","slug":"merwyn-plaza-ball-court-and-temple-of-the-masks-in-kohunlich-quintana-roo-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15650","title":{"rendered":"Merwyn Plaza, Ball Court, and Temple of the Masks in Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adjacent to\u00c2\u00a0the Stelae Plaza is Merwyn Plaza and the Ball Court .\u00a0 The plaque at the Ball Court describes the ball game.<\/p>\n

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The Ball Game<\/p>\n

As with other Mayan sites of importance, Kohunlich has a Ball Game court .\u00a0 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Further along is the star attraction in Kohunlich, the Temple of the Masks.<\/p>\n

\"Merwyn<\/a><\/p>\n

Merwyn Plaza in Kohunlich<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Merwyn Plaza in Kohunlich (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, M\u00e9xico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Ball Court in Kohunlich<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 The Ball Court in Kohunlich (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, M\u00e9xico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.<\/p>\n

\"Temple<\/a><\/p>\n

Temple of the Masks – Front<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Temple of the Masks – Front (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, M\u00e9xico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.<\/p>\n

\"Temple<\/a><\/p>\n

Temple of the Masks – Side<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Temple of the Masks – Side (Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, M\u00e9xico); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 February 2012.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2012 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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