What de Anda has been waiting anxiously for his friend Montero to determine is whether the water at the bottom of this nondescript natural well, or cenote, had acted as a sacred sundial and ...

The Sacred Cenote is located in southeast Mexico and is one of several water-filled sinkholes found in the ancient city of Chichen-Itza. Found in the Yucatán Peninsula, this natural cave is a 60 ...

The term “cenote” comes from the Mayan word dzonot, meaning “well” or “sacred well.” These formations range from small, shallow pools to vast, cathedral-like caverns filled with ...

Considered sacred waters by the Mayans, the expansive El Gran Cenote is an underground cavern that is a refreshing antidote to the Tulum heat and sun. Here, you can swim, snorkel and dive amid ...

scribing a line between sacred and profane, life and death. We are doused, dunked, dipped, sprinkled—and blessings flow, deep and wide as the River Jordan of Scripture, wondrous as the spring at ...