Saturday, February 11, 2006

 

Skull Wall

“If the seed does not die, the plant is not born...”
The skull wall at Chichen Itza tells about the Mayan’s transformation to become a person of wisdom. And it probably also tells about ritual death of decapitation in the ball game.
The ball court was used for a basketball-like game - except that the hoop was much higher and sideways. It is currently believed that after the game, the captain of the winning team was decapitated. His blood was used to fertilize the ground. The body was then thrown into a well and a relief of his skull was carved into a wall to memorialize him.

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