Hangout in an Ancient Maya Cave

Relive the adventure from our live Google+ Hangout on Air with underwater archaeologist Guillermo de Anda, from a sacred Maya cave. More than 1,000 years ago, ancient Maya visited this cave for the sacred waters inside, building a large stone pyramid and carving a ladder that Guillermo and his team use to this day. Also joining were paleontologist Jørn Hurum and geo-archaeologist Beverly Goodman, as well as public participants in Texas and Manchester, England. To find out about future Hangouts, follow Nat Geo on Google+.

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[Robert Grimm]

film more around the cave man

[De22Lano]

they knew their where gonna be alot of dislikes

[Zeptofication]

Just because there's a structure built underground with a lot of work involved does not automatically mean there was a good reason to build it. Like the Chinese emperor who had a huge underground tomb made for him with a huge life-size army of warriors. The servants committed suicide so they could serve him in the afterlife. A lot of work went into it, a lot of people died for it, but there was no good reason for it.

[Qbendanny]

Annoying

[n1njr]

great hangout, I hope there are more on the way.

[kayak6908]

its amazing

[aya badr]

good job but not as what i expected

[Toribio Larios]

I think the Mayab People never human sacrifices. I need a better explanation. Thanks.

[chris dorner]

ha

[goofydog2]

Boy! Sure glad I didn't have to see some 1000 year old man-cave. It was way more interesting to watch a bunch of 20 somethings talk about a 1000 year old man-cave, for sure.

[Robert Grimm]

maybe