Archeologists hunt for secrets under Mayan pyramids
Underground wells and rivers may point to why pyramids were built at Chichen Itza
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Thomson Reuters
November 15, 2017
Archaeologists are searching for the secrets of why the ancient Mayans chose the sites for the famed pyramids of Chichen Itza by looking underground.
Mexico's Yucatan peninsula is dotted with natural wells called cenotes and underground rivers. Archaeologists now believe that some of these hydrological features lie below the sacred ground on which the Mayan pyramids were built.
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