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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.

The cuneiform text of this clay tablet orders men to go to Babylon for a court hearing. This letter from Hammurabi is addressed to an official named Sin-iddinam. Old Babylonian Period, reign of Hammurabi, 1792-1750 BCE. From Larsa, Southern...

An 1874 oil on canvas, Molesey Weir, Hampton Court, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. Here Sisley uses a variety of brushstrokes and has them in varying directions to give the picture dynamism and the...

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

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

An 1874 oil on canvas, Under the Bridge at Hampton Court, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. (Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland)

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.

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...

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

Head of a princess in the court of Akhenaten, found in Armarna. From the Amarna Period, circa 1353 to 1336 BCE. On display in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France (Département des Antiquités égyptiennes, E 14715)