Ancient Mayan VIPs Were Turned Into Rubber Balls After Death, Archeologist Says



The remains of important Mayan figures were incorporated into balls used in sport that allowed them to live on after their death, archeologist Juan Yadeun said.

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22 comments

  1. Can we turn Trump into a bungee cord? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜Ž

  2. Now that's what I call recycling. ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค—

  3. Mayans and Aztecs were some serious sickos. They have passed their culture down to the cartels. It's fun to pretend they were innocent and noble though.

  4. Hence the ancient mayan saying "it puts the lotion of its skin or it gets the hose again"

  5. They throw dirt on a tablet just so he can brush it off again.

  6. So literal "foot" ball

  7. Weird culture for certain

  8. This guy has very active imagination!!!

  9. I've probably come close to death playing full contact football, so…

  10. Better than being a condom I guess ๐Ÿ˜œ.

  11. And in a spectacular turn of events the Warriors have scored the winning shot using the ashes of their opponents former coach!!! That's got to hurt. Heads will roll tonight!!!

  12. It's a bird looking at a phone on a cloud with a face on it looking into the earth.
    Sound familiar?

  13. MORE OF THIS TYPE OF STUFF WOULD SAVE YOUR NETWORK โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ

  14. Looks like a face in a cloud with a bird reading a book looking into the earth. Otherwise looks like an airplane

  15. Hey eveeybody, lets play grandmaball!

  16. I love how they just make sh't up and people believe it smh

  17. Great…. now people will find a way to protest against anyone that has any Mayan blood in them. Or they'll go over there and demolish the buildings. ๐Ÿ˜† ๐Ÿคฃ

  18. Ancestors depicted warning not worship. They're telling of suns not a ball game ๐Ÿคฆ

  19. Better than being buried on a golf course. ๐Ÿ˜‚

  20. Gooooooaaaaaaaallllllllll ๐Ÿ™Œโšฝ๏ธ