Blog #7: The Cave of the Crystal Maiden

“Swim and hike more than a mile into a cave in a rainforest with a fast-flowing stream pouring out of it to search for Mayan sacrificial victims? … Sure. Let’s go!” That’s a repeat of what I wrote for the Blog Page for my Overview, as it pertains to The Cave of the Crystal Maiden, whose entrance is shown on that Blog Page. The calcited skeletons of the "Crystal Maiden" and several others, all Mayan sacrificial victims from more than 1000 years ago, are in a sacred cave, Actun Tunichil Muknal, in a jungle in Belize. The skeletons and other remains can be reached in about an hour by swimming through a pool in the stream emanating from the entrance of the cave and moving upstream by swimming, wading, climbing over boulders and squeezing through tunnels and stacked boulders until the cave becomes enlarged and walking is possible.