A worker shows a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game found at Chichen Itza's archaeological site during a news conference, in Merida, Mexico April 11, 2023.
A worker shows a circular-shaped Mayan scoreboard used for a ball game found at Chichen Itza's archaeological site during a news conference, in Merida, Mexico April 11, 2023.
  • An ancient stone "scoreboard" was discovered at an archeological site in Mexico earlier this week.
  • The stone depicts two figures playing an ancient soccer-like ball game, experts said.
  • The circular relic was discovered at the Mayan Chichen Itza site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

An ancient stone "scoreboard" likely used in a soccer-like ball game was discovered at an archeological site in Mexico earlier this week, archaeologists said.