"Portal to mythical underworld found in Mexico"


	"Portal to mythical underworld found in Mexico"

cakebelly

8-20-2008 12:58 PM

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cakebelly says:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/sc_nm/mexico_mayans_dc

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8-20-2008 3:27 PM

darkduskx

Reminds me of the river of the dead the Egyptians had.

8-20-2008 5:46 PM

dgreplay

Sounds like an old "Dirk Pitt" novel i read years ago...

8-20-2008 9:10 PM

LillianL

Interesting find.

8-21-2008 8:04 PM

tanyamm

I'd love to see that for myself.

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                                        Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found in Mexico                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/sc_nm/mexico_mayans_dc"><P>
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                                By Miguel Angel Gutierrez                                </SPAN>
                                <EM class="timedate">Thu Aug 14,  8:18 PM ET</EM>
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                        MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - 
Mexican archeologists have 
discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some 
submerged in water and containing human bones, which <SPAN id="lw_1218987437_0" class="yshortcuts">ancient 
Mayans</SPAN> believed was a portal where <SPAN id="lw_1218987437_1" class="yshortcuts">dead souls</SPAN> entered the 
underworld.                        
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 Clad in scuba gear and edging through narrow tunnels, 
researchers discovered the stone ruins of eleven sacred temples 
and what could be the remains of <SPAN id="lw_1218987437_2" class="yshortcuts">human sacrifices</SPAN> at the site 
in the <SPAN id="lw_1218987437_3" class="yshortcuts">Yucatan Peninsula</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/sc_nm/mexico_mayans_dc"><P>
 <SPAN id="lw_1218987437_4" class="yshortcuts">Archeologists</SPAN> say Mayans believed the underground complex 
of water-filled caves leading into dry chambers -- including an 
underground road stretching some 330 feet -- was the path to a 
mythical underworld, known as Xibalba.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/295CE39A-F721-4393-9455-00757A3AF75A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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