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access to adequate water supplies, and therefore cities, including the famous Chichen Itza, were built around these natural wells. Many cenotes, like the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá, played an important role in Maya rites. The Maya believed that cenotes were portals to Xibalba or the afterlife, and home to the rain god, Chaac. The Maya often deposited human remains as well as ceremonial artifacts in

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