They are typically formed in the same manner as caves with fresh ... but then as you head towards Chichen Itza, they become ...

Ever dreamed of diving into crystal-clear freshwater caverns ... Cenote,” is a breathtakingly beautiful open-air cenote in the Yucatan Peninsula, near the famous Mayan site of Chichen Itza.

The team will also employ GPR and other remote imaging technology to identify and map tunnels and caves around the pyramid and elsewhere. An estimated 3,000 cenotes remain hidden beneath the ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Evidence indicates that the site was first settled as ...

During the past couple of decades archaeologists have begun paying close attention to the role of caves, the zenith sun, and now—through de Anda—cenotes, in the beliefs and world vision of the ...

MEXICO CITY – Mexican experts have discovered that the main pyramid at Mexico's Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza ... maps of their cosmology in their temples and sacred sites. The cenotes that ...

A series of sinkhole lakes known as cenotes are visible on the surface of the Chichen Itza site, but there are other, undiscovered water sites beneath the pyramids, patios and temples. Water was ...