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Silence in Xibalba

July 29, 2012 By Jill Robinson

Silence in Xibalba

Xibalba, the Mayan underworld, is described in the Popul Vuh as a place of fear where the dead had to traverse an obstacle course of bats, jaguars, rivers of blood and rooms of sharp knives. Cenotes, the deep limestone sinkholes scattered throughout the Mexican Maya world, were the gateways to this hellish underworld. But the […]

Filed Under: Mexico Tagged With: cenote, dos ojos cenote, maya, mexico, riviera maya, scuba diving, xibalba

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