For centuries, cenotes have held a mystique that captivates adventurers, historians, and spiritual seekers alike. These natural sinkholes, unique to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, are much more than ...

Archaeologists had known that the Maya regarded both caves and cenotes as mouths that opened ... and a two-edged knife probably used for sacrifices, all neatly placed there centuries earlier.

With supernatural powers, they are able to undergo a series of sacrifices and resurrections in order to outsmart the Mayan gods of the underworld to avenge their father. Subterranean sites such as ...

The findings "obviously flew in the face of the argument that it was mostly young virgin women being thrown into the cenote," an idea ... children were selected for sacrifice" here, rituals ...