Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/May 2012

...that the 1300 identified Mesoamerican ballcourts used for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame (see drawing) were all built in the same basic shape despite a span of 2700 years?

... that in ancient Mesoamerica, mirrors were fashioned from stone and were regarded as portals to a supernatural realm?

... that in Mesoamerican folklore, it is believed that a dog carries the newly deceased across a body of water into the afterlife?