Why cenotes matter: Formed by limestone collapse and fed by underground rivers, cenotes were vital to the Maya for water and rituals, and today draw adventurers worldwide. Ancient Mayan legacy: The ...

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Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, one of the world’s most visited regions, sits on a bedrock of limestone caused by the asteroid collision that wiped out the dinosaurs. Rainwater seeping into the limestone ...

Beneath the jungles of Mexico’s Riviera Maya lies a network of cenotes—freshwater sinkholes formed by collapsed limestone and linked to underground rivers. Steeped in Mayan heritage, they offer a ...

According to Mayan mythology, the Gulf of Mexico was formed millions of years ago by an asteroid called Chicxulub that also made the underground river systems that today sustain the Mayan people in ...