Photo: The sculpture depicts the movements of Mayan baseball players.

The ancient movement (Christopher. Andres photography; Copyright: anciency) Two huge stone carvings, each as big as a breakfast table, depict an incredible action scene: Mayan baseball players rush forward. In 20 15, archaeologists discovered these two limestone remains in Tipanchen Utz. Only six years ago, the local people showed them a huge Mayan political relic, which was not recorded by modern archaeologists before. These tablets reinforce the importance of the game to the Mayans, and researchers say these details show that Tipan lived hundreds of years ago and was connected with other larger Mayan sites. [Read the full story about Maya player panel]

Tiphan Chenuitz (Copyright Antique) Archaeologists learned about Tiphan Chenuitz from local people in Belize, and they showed them this site in 2009. "We were taken to the scene, and look, it greatly exceeded our expectations," said Christopher Andres, a senior researcher who is an associate researcher at Michigan State University and specializes in Mayan archaeology. This is a very large site, a major Mayan political center.

Maya Palace (map of Jason J Gonzalez; Illustrations by Christopher Helmke and Christopher Andre; A map showing the immortal palace of Tipan. Illustrations show that archaeologists have found the positions of baseball players' panels (Monuments 3 and 4) in the A- 1 structure.

Monument hotspot (reconstruction of Christopher Andres), drafted by Sean Morton; Copyright) This figure shows the A- 1 structure of Tipan. The arrow shows where archaeologists found two monuments, 4 and 3. These monuments may have been built between 600 and 800 AD. Researchers have previously described Monument 1 and Monument 2 in the study of 20 14 in Latin American Journal of Ancient History, and published the study of 20 15 in Mercury magazine. "kdspe", "kdspe" and "kdspe" ancient stairs "kdspe" and "kdspe" (photo: Christopher R. Andres); Copyright all antiques)

A- 1 structural remains were exposed during the excavation of Tipan in 20 15 years.

Monument 3 (photos and sketches of Christopher Helmke; This photo and the drawing of Monument 3 show that a player is wearing a delicate belt and holding an object with streamers in his hand, which may be a fan.

Monument 4 (photos and sketches of Christopher Helmke; The sculpture on Monument No.4 is a limestone, showing a player rushing forward with a big belt. The researchers wrote in the research report that the player leaned on his left hand, "as if trying to hit the ball."

Archaeological area (map of Eva Jobova; This map shows the distribution of archaeological sites in Maya area. The blue dot indicates the court with pictographic steps, and the red dot indicates the court with player panels. The researchers said that the density of the website was shown with purple shading. The researchers said that the player panel found in Tipan was the first such panel found in Belize. [Read the full report on Maya Player Panel]