The Maya were a powerful pre-Columbian civilization who thrived between AD 600 – AD 800. They were literate, had a complex language including pictograms, glyphs, and phonetic representations. They even produced books called codices, some of which were reported to detail 800 years of their history.
Cave and sinkhole digs in Mexico’s northern Yucatan Peninsula have produced amazing evidence of sacred Maya cacao groves, counterfeit currency, and much more!
Three pre-Hispanic ceramic vessels used in Maya rituals were recently found in a famous Yucatan cave system, where they were once filled with sacred waters.