The Gates of Hell: Exploring Mexico's Sacred Caves

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Der Spiegel Online, while mainly dealing with Germany and Europe, often comes up with some interesting stuff. This is just one such:

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-mexico-s-mysterious-cenotes-fotostrecke-90368.html

Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with thousands of caves that once housed prehistoric people and later became sacred to the Mayans. German archaeologists and filmmakers are currently involved in a project to explore with modern imaging technology and make a 3-D film of this underwater labyrinth.

Read the rest @ German Archaeologists Explore the Mysterious Cenotes of Mexico - SPIEGEL ONLINE

I once mentioned somewhere that the Mayans have disappeared completely and received a storm of comments claiming they still love in the Yucatan. It is, however, puzzling that they went from a thriving civilization building incredible cities and edifices to nothing - with no known explanation.

Could this happen to us?

 

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