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3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/3400-year-old-mesoamerican-ball-court-sheds-light-on-origins-of-the-game/ ...the game was already important enough to people in the highlands to occupy a prominent place in the city and justify the investment of resources it took to build a stone court.