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There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and extraordinary relics left behind. Accessible only by kayak or ...
Return to Mexico with Steve Backshall as he discovers Mayan secrets in subterranean caves. Return to Mexico, where Steve Backshall explores a honeycomb of subterranean Mexican caves that the ancient ...
Unlike other great civilizations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the ...
Fine, fine, that kid we thought was so brilliant, the one who discovered an ancient Mayan city by looking at the stars? Probably not real. But that doesn’t mean that the Mayan world doesn’t still hold ...
According to Maya legend, the entrance to the underworld is located in Belize’s Chiquibul cave system, where travellers can access several ceremonial and human sacrifice sites. Belize’s forest-clad ...
Diving into natural pools in Belize in the quest for offerings from the ancient Maya, explorers found what's believed to be the country's first recorded fossilized remains. In the course of the ...
ACHTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL CAVE, Belize -- Xibalba was a Maya name for the underworld, home of the gods of death and disease. Caves, not the lofty pyramids left behind by the ancient Maya, were the ...
So I saw this crazy headline on CNN’s website — “Hidden tunnel could lead to Mayan ‘entrance to the underworld.’ ” Having watched a number of movies in which opening an entrance to the underworld ...
According to Mayan mythology, the Gulf of Mexico was formed millions of years ago by an asteroid called Chicxulub that also made the underground river systems that today sustain the Mayan people in ...