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Probable location of the ball court in Grand Plaza of Maya city of Chacchoben, c. 700 CE. The Mesoamerican ball game of Poc-a-toc had religious significance and was considered so important that those who died playing it went instantly to...

Artist's impression of what the court of a Persian governor may have looked like.

Great Ball Court at Chichen Itza with goal high on wall and king's throne at the far end, c. 750-1200 CE.

The inner court side of the Royal Lodge at the 15th century CE Chateau d'Amboise, Amboise, France.

Knyaz's Court, oil on canvas by Vasily Surikov, 1874. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

The brother of the King of Babylonia introduces Constantine the African to the court of Robert Guiscard.

This small building sits high above the great Ball Court at Chichen Itza and has been identified as a temple from which the priests and royalty would watch the game of Pok-a-Tok played below them.

An 1874 oil on canvas, The Bridge at Hampton Court, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany)

Battle of Spottsylvania, lithograph by Kurz & Allison, c. 1888. Illustrated here is a scene from the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (8-21 May 1864), a bloody engagement of the American Civil War. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Roger B. Taney, Supreme Court Justice who wrote the majority opinion on the Dred Scott Decision, Brady-Handy photograph collection, 1855-65. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.