Hidden Temples: No Longer a Myth?

I was logging into my email on aol.com the other night when I stumbled upon a fascinating article on the AOL main site. It was about a Mexican archaeologist named Guillermo de Anda and his latest incredible discovery. He found a series of dangerous underground caves that he believes were created by the Mayans to symbolize the "pathway to hell." 

This immediately interested me in the few first sentences as I read on to find more incredible detail about De Anda's discovery. They even compared his findings to the fictional caves the Harrison Ford's character Indiana Jones found in his adventure movies. They said that the caves contained "tottering ancient temple platforms, slippery staircases and tortuous paths that skirted underground lakes littered with Mayan pottery and ancient skulls." So not only was this discovery of a about six caves and underground roads an example of Mayan religious beliefs and sacrificial rituals, but it also showed their creativity and advancements in technology and sculpture. 

Check out some more pictures of the ominous and dangerous caves, as well as the explorer, and read more in the AOL article, and in the CNN article I found about the same recent discovery!