Loltun Cave

Loltun Cave

Loltun Cave is a cave in the Yucatán, approximately 5 km (3 miles) south of Oxkutzcab. The cave contains paintings attributed to the Maya civilization from the Late Preclassic Era. The name transliterates from the Maya language for "Flower Stone" ("Lol-Tun") [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = MayanRoutes.com | work = | publisher = | date = | url = http://www.mayanroutes.com/loltun.html | format = | accessdate = 2007-05-01 ] .

References

External links

* [http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/loltun/loltun.html Loltun Cave Photo Archive]


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