Maya ritual cave 'untouched' for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists

[Judi Lynn]

4. Mexico: Mayan Balamku Cave Could Re-Write Chichen Itza History

Published 5 March 2019 (3 hours 26 minutes ago)

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Archeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) of Mexico have "re-found" a cave that is "an invaluable treasure of information," and that could help to understand and re-write the history of Chichen Itza, one of the most important ceremonial centers for the Maya ancient civilization.

Guillermo de Anda, archeologist of the INAH and director of the program Gran Acuifero Maya (Great Mayan Aquifer, GAM) stated that the Balamku or "Cave of the Jaguar God" was found 54 years ago was discovered by local Campesinos and by children, who alerted archeologists working in the Chichen Itza archeology complex.

"This is an archeological complex that hasn't been touched or altered, which has a huge value for us," said de Anda to Aristegui Noticias. According to the director fo GAM, the cave's access was blocked after being "accidentally" found and they still don't know the reasons why the archeologists did that 54 years ago, but it is a good thing now. "Because information is there, and we could rewrite history in Chichen Itza."

The cave "was sealed for a long time, the information was stopped in time for more than a thousand years," the data extracted from the cave will allow knowing more information about the Maya, founders of Chichen Itza, and their relations with other ancestral cultures in the territories known today as Mexico.

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