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Divers in Mexico's Underwater Caves Get a Glimpse of Rarely Seen Artifacts, Fossils and Human Remains
The underwater caves of the Yucatán ... civilization on the Yucatán Peninsula about 4,000 years ago. In order to thrive, they needed to settle close to a freshwater source.
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Mexico's Maya Train is destroying ancient caves. Learn about the beautiful 'cenotes' under threat
AKTUN TUYUL CAVE SYSTEM, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula. President Andrés Manuel López ...
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Cave Woman
This spring the group published a report in the journal Science on its findings at a massive underwater cave on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula known as Hoyo Negro, or “black hole.” Beddows’ study of ...
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Divers discovered a underwater cave in Mexico full of Mayan relics
The Gran Acuifero Maya, (GAM) a project dedicated to the study and preservation of the subterranean waters of the Yucatan peninsula, said the 347 kilometre- (216 mile-) cave was identified after ...
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The world's largest underwater cave that's an incredible 215 miles long
Hidden beneath the surface of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula lies a breathtaking marvel of nature. Sistema Sac Actun is the world’s largest underwater cave system. Stretching an astonishing 215 ...
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Turtle in paradise
The limestone rock of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is dotted by thousands of cenotes, freshwater pools linked by an underground river system. Some cenotes are underground caves while others, where the ...