Explore ancient Mayan residences

Donald Slater, an archaeologist of the National Geographic Society, and his colleagues discovered a cave that the Mayans once inhabited in Yucatan state, Mexico. This cave is located in the middle of the ruins of the Mayan civilization.

Ancient Maya carved countless symbols on the rock in a cave.

Archaeologist Donald Slater climbed the rope to get out of a cave.

The stones that the ancient Mayans used to perform rituals released the souls of things. The ancient Mayans believed that everything had a soul.

One member of the expedition tried to get into a cave containing a lot of goat skeletons. The ancient Mayans worshiped a mascot named chupacabra. They believe that chupacabra sucks goat blood.

Local people instructed the expedition to get down a deep cave.

The two members of the groundbreaking expedition they brought up from the bottom of the cave to search for the artifacts left by the ancient Mayan.

The expedition slept in a tent in Yaxunah village, near the location of the caves they discovered. Today's Maya also live in cottages like this.

The members of the expedition.