The Sacred Cenote (Spanish: cenote sagrado, Latin American Spanish: [ˌsenote saˈɣɾaðo], "sacred well"; alternatively known as the "Well of Sacrifice") is a water-filled sinkhole in limestone at the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in …

The Sacred Cenote in Chichén Itzá stands out as one of the distinctive features of this Mayan City. It's also called Chenkú or Cenote of the Sacrifices.

2023年3月12日 · Chichen Itza is one of the most famous Maya sites and has a sacred sacrificial cenote with a fascinating past. Here's what visitors need to know.

It is a round-shaped open-air cenote about fifteen meters deep but there is not much to see on site. However, its history is interesting with the purchase of the area by an American who dredged it at the beginning of the twentieth century, recovering human and animal bones and various objects which he sold to the Peabody museum in Harvard.

Cenotes, natural sinkholes or wells formed by the collapse of limestone bedrock, served as crucial sources of fresh water for the Mayan people, particularly in the dry regions of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Sacred Cenote in Chichén Itzá The deep Cenotes have circular shapes and vertical walls that can reach up to 30 meters. It’s probably the most popular worldwide because of the Sacred Cenote of Chichen Itza and Ik- kil .

2025年2月15日 · Explore the sacred cenotes of the Mayans—natural wonders steeped in mythology and rituals. Discover their cultural significance and modern preservation efforts!

2018年5月21日 · Jade was the most precious material to the ancient Maya, and hundreds of jade objects were thrown into the Sacred Cenote. Plaques and pectorals were ritually burned and fractured; some of these were possibly heated up to shatter when they hit the cold water.

2020年10月3日 · The ancient Maya who populated the Yucatan Peninsula in the first millennium AD believed that there were three ways for the living to enter Xibalba, the world of the dead: through deep caves, through competition in the Maya ball game, and through the sacred cenote (sinkholes). It was the cenotes that were most important to the ancient Maya ...

The sacred cenote is located to the north of the Kukulcan pyramid in the archaeological zone of Chichen Itzá, with 60 meters in diameter it is totally open, 15 meters separate the surface of the water and it is cordoned off to prevent people from getting too close to the shore.