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The ancient Mayans cooked their food with balls, according to recent archaeological discoveries.

The 1-2-inch clay balls were unearthed at an excavation of a kitchen at Escalera al Cielo in Yucatán.

Thought to be 1000 years old, the balls contained microscopic pieces of maize, beans, squash and root crops.

Mas…Mayans cooked their food with balls, archaeologists say