Sacred Cenote (Well of Sacrifice) is a noted cenote at the Maya site of Chichen Itza. Chichen Itza (tʃiːˈtʃɛn iːˈtsɑː from Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha' "At the mouth of the well of the Itza " is a A cenote (pronounced in Mexican Spanish and in English, plural cenotes; from Yucatec Maya dzonot) is a type of Sinkhole The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican Civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the Pre-Columbian Americas Chichen Itza (tʃiːˈtʃɛn iːˈtsɑː from Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha' "At the mouth of the well of the Itza " is a It is accessed by a 900 foot sacbe (paved corridor) leading from the Great Plaza. Sacbe, plural Sacbeob, ( Yucatec Maya: singular sakbej, plural sakbejo'ob) or "white ways" are raised paved Roads built The Sacred Cenote was used for human sacrifices to the rain god Chaac in periods of drought. Human sacrifice is the act of Homicide (the Killing of one or several Human beings in the context of a Religious ritual ( ritual killing A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply [1] The cenote was originally only thought to have once contained offerings to the god of water, Chaak, but an archaeological discovery in the 20th century of human skeletons led people and scholars to believe that the cenote, particularly the one at Chichén Itzá, was indeed used for human sacrifice.
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- ^ Coe, Michael D. (1999). The Maya, Sixth edition, New York: Thames & Hudson, p. 176. ISBN 0-500-28066-5.
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