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 ...
The ancient Maya once believed that Mexico’s jungle sinkholes, containing crystalline waters, were the gateway to the underworld and the lair of a surly rain god who had to be appeased with human ...
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 ...
A few weeks ago, I spent five amazing days basking in the sunshine in Belize. I split my time between the lush green jungles in Belmopan and the beach shore in Hopkins. However, there was something ...
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 ...
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—According to a Live Science report, analysis of a wooden canoe discovered in a cenote by scuba divers near the Maya site of Chichén Itzá suggests it may have been deposited there ...
An ancient ruler embodied by the Mayan god of corn in the underworld can be seen on an astonishingly well-preserved stone disk recently extracted from the Temple of the Sun in Mexico. The figure ...
An ancient canoe found deep underwater inside a Mexican sinkhole near the ruined Mayan city of Chichén Itzá has been revealed to have been surrounded by bones from humans and other animals. The canoe ...
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