UnlikeothergreatcivilizationssuchastheRomansandtheAncientEgyptians,theMayanempiredidnotarisefromthebanksofamightyriver.MuchoftheMayanworldisinfactdevoidofeventhesmallestriverorlake.ThenwhydidtheypopulateYucatan?TheMayabelievedthatthefreshwaterpools,‘cenotes’,dottedacrosstheareaweresacredportalstotheunderworld.They...(展开全部)UnlikeothergreatcivilizationssuchastheRomansandtheAncientEgyptians,theMayanempiredidnotarisefromthebanksofamightyriver.MuchoftheMayanworldisinfactdevoidofeventhesmallestriverorlake.ThenwhydidtheypopulateYucatan?TheMayabelievedthatthefreshwaterpools,‘cenotes’,dottedacrosstheareaweresacredportalstotheunderworld.Theyareindeedportals,butrathertoanincredibleundergroundlabyrinthinesystemsofrivers.Onlynowbeingproperlyexploredandunderstood,thissecretworldwascreatedbynatureinauniquechainofdramaticevents.Underneaththejungle-cladMayantemplesofYucatanliesaworldevenmoremysterious,evenmoreincrediblethantheMayacouldhaveeverimagined.Awholefoodchainhasbeenfoundinthecenotesdeepestrecesses—over20speciesthathaveneverseenthelightofday.Someoftheundergroundcavernsarenottotallyfullofwater…incredibly,theyarehometothousandsofbats.

 

那些沉下水底看世界的人，都是追寻秘密的勇士。