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    May 15, 2016 9:15 am by Lisa LuceroResearch
    a cenote in Belize. Photo by Tony Rath

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    • a cenote in Belize. Photo by Tony Rath

    Openings in the earth, such as water bodies, served as portals to the underworld and a means through which the Maya communicated with gods and ancestors.