Small decline in rainfall may have spurred Maya collapse » skull

As the summer rains, failed, Maya priests sacrificed humans in an effort appease Chaac, the god of rain. PHOTO BY BOB BERWYN, AKTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL CAVE.

As the summer rains, failed, Maya priests sacrificed humans in an effort appease Chaac, the god of rain. PHOTO BY BOB BERWYN, AKTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL CAVE.

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