ArchaeoTube

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/secrets-of-maya-underworld-15.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30EGwrVvB_8endofvid [starttext] Unlike other great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake.

Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events...

Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined...

A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses -- over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water... incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats. [endtext]

Secrets of the Maya Underworld [1/5]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/secrets-of-maya-underworld-25.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7CjlSISsJoendofvid [starttext] Unlike other great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake.

Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events...

Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined...

A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses -- over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water... incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats. [endtext]

Secrets of the Maya Underworld [2/5]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/secrets-of-maya-underworld-35.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVldEkKI2Uendofvid [starttext] Unlike other great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake.

Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events...

Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined...

A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses -- over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water... incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats. [endtext]

Secrets of the Maya Underworld [3/5]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/secrets-of-maya-underworld-45.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7xyYiLxaSkendofvid [starttext] Unlike other great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake.

Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events...

Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined...

A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses -- over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water... incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats. [endtext]

Secrets of the Maya Underworld [4/5]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/secrets-of-maya-underworld-55.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI1t34XAC0Mendofvid [starttext] Unlike other great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake.

Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events...

Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined...

A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses -- over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water... incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats. [endtext]

Secrets of the Maya Underworld [5/5]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/stories-from-stone-age-115.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7bqi70B3tEendofvid [starttext] An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the decisive move to farming and herding the ration of permanent settlements and the discovery of metals setting the stage for the arrival of the worlds first civilisation. [endtext]

Stories from the Stone Age [1/15]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/stories-from-stone-age-215.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XD9ehC6MWoendofvid [starttext] An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the decisive move to farming and herding the ration of permanent settlements and the discovery of metals setting the stage for the arrival of the worlds first civilisation. [endtext]

Stories from the Stone Age [2/15]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/stories-from-stone-age-315.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqHNQ9bvCfQendofvid [starttext] An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the decisive move to farming and herding the ration of permanent settlements and the discovery of metals setting the stage for the arrival of the worlds first civilisation. [endtext]

Stories from the Stone Age [3/15]

[postlink]http://archaeotube.blogspot.com/2012/01/stories-from-stone-age-415.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUsbt3IXYKQendofvid [starttext] An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the decisive move to farming and herding the ration of permanent settlements and the discovery of metals setting the stage for the arrival of the worlds first civilisation. [endtext]