A court where the Aztecs played a deadly ball game has been discovered in the heart of Mexico City with a giant temple to the Aztec god of the wind.
After extensive excavations, Archaeologists gave journalists a tour of the semi-circular temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl after unveiling the rare finds on Wednesday . Records indicate that Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes first watched the ritual Aztec ball game at the court in 1528, invited by the last Aztec emperor, Montezuma – the man whose empire he went on to conquer.Historians believe the game involved players using their hips to keep a ball in play – as well as ritual human sacrifices. Archaeologists uncovered 32 sets of human neck bones at the site, which they said were likely the remains of people who were decapitated as part of the ritual.