Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/May 2013

... that the South Ball Court of El Tajín, Mexico, has a panel (pictured) showing a ballplayer being beheaded?
... that the monuments of the ancient Maya city of Seibal in Guatemala display an unusual mix of Maya and foreign elements?
... that a Maya ruler of Ixlu, a small ancient city in Guatemala, claimed to be the lord of the major Maya city of Tikal?