Illustration
The ball court of the Mayan city of Copan. The game was popular across Mesoamerica and the objective was to put a rubber ball through a hoop placed on the side walls.
License & Copyright
Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished.
Original image by Adalberto Hernandez Vega. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 15 September 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
Related Images
The Ball Game of Mesoamerica (Artist's Impression)
The Grand Ball Court at Chichen Itza
The Ball Court Temple at Chichen Itza
The Great Ball Court at Chichen Itza
Court Ball in Vienna by Gause
Goal, Ball Court of Chichen Itza
Cite This Work
APA Style
Vega, A. H. (2013, September 15). Ball Court, Copan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1430/ball-court-copan/
Chicago Style
Vega, Adalberto Hernandez. "Ball Court, Copan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 15, 2013. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1430/ball-court-copan/.
MLA Style
Vega, Adalberto Hernandez. "Ball Court, Copan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 21 Feb 2025.
