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Archway of the Temple of the 7 Doll Ruins of the colonial open chapel Cenote at Dzibilchaltun Dzibilchaltún ( Yucatec : Ts'íibil Cháaltun , [d̥z̥ʼiː˧˥biɭ tɕʰɒːl˦˥tuŋ] ) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán , approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of state capital of Mérida .
The Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza, Mexico. Cenotes are surface connections to subterranean water bodies. [5] While the best-known cenotes are large open-water pools measuring tens of meters in diameter, such as those at Chichen Itza in Mexico, the greatest number of cenotes are smaller sheltered sites and do not necessarily have any surface exposed water.
The Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico is home to thousands of naturally formed fresh-water pools. There are thousands of kilometers of caves in the area,” says Emiliano Monroy Ríos, a hydrogeologist ...
The Hacienda San Nicolás Dzoyaxché is built in a colonial style. One of its unique features is that the house is built over the Cenote Dzonot-Ich. [8] The 500 mm (19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) narrow gauge [9] horse-drawn tram, powerhouse, and machines are relics of the former use of the hacienda for henequen production. [3] [8]
A team of California researchers surveying satellite images found a cenote ring centered on the town of Chicxulub Pueblo that matched the one Penfield saw earlier; the cenotes were thought to be caused by subsidence of bolide-weakened lithostratigraphy around the impact crater wall. [18]
Camino Real, or the Royal Inland Route, was a trade route for silver extracted from the mines in Mexico and mercury imported from Europe. It was active from the mid-16th to the 19th centuries and stretched over 2,600 km (1,600 mi) from north of Mexico City to Santa Fe in today's New Mexico. This serial site comprises the Mexican part of the ...
Chikindzonot Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “cenote in the west”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (352.56 km 2) of land and located roughly 170 km southeast of the city of Mérida. [2]
Cenotillo Municipality (Spanish: "little cenote") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán containing (614.43 km 2) of land and is located roughly 115 kilometres (71 mi) east of the city of Mérida. [2]