The 64 Maya Boys Buried Beneath Chichén Itzá — And The DNA Test That Found Two Pairs Of Identical Twins
It is near water and the cenote.
It contains the remains of children who, in the context of the broader ritual practices of Chichén Itzá, may have been understood as offerings or participants in ceremonies that had cosmological dimensions.
The specific meaning of those ceremonies, and the exact nature of the children’s role in them, is not directly recoverable from the genetic or archaeological evidence.
The Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins
The Popol Vuh is one of the most important surviving literary texts from the pre-Columbian Americas.