Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1k years stuns archaeologists

Re:Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1k years stuns archaeolo... by eps on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @04:53AM (#19317650)

Yeah, I've seen this one. This is an "alternative entrance" to a decently-sized cave with a normal access elsewhere off camera.

That's not to say there aren't examples of some truly disturbing spelunking - https://i.imgur.com/BkmpH9v.jpg

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Re:Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1k years stuns archaeolo... by xenophonf on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @09:02AM (#19318910)

Oh man, that poor guy didn't make it:

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705347362/Man-trapped-in...

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Re:Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1k years stuns archaeolo... by okmokmz on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @11:25AM (#19320083)

I saw that picture and read up more on the story a while back... absolutely horrifying situation. Stuck upside down underground for hours, unable to move or escape even though there are others right behind you that you can communicate with until you eventually die. Somewhat unrelated, but that is part of what made me decide to not further pursue my cave diving certification

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Re:Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1k years stuns archaeolo... by phkahler on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @07:32AM (#19318378)

Damn that's frightening. They need semi-autonomous robots (spider-like?) to crawl ahead with a camera before going head-first into a place like that.

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Re:Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1k years stuns archaeolo... by paulddraper on Wednesday March 06, 2019 @12:11PM (#19320598)

That image is simply terrifying.

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