Naj Tunich is a Maya pilgrimage cave in Guatemala's Peten. Heavily visited in the classic Maya era it was abandoned for centuries before being "discovered" in the early 1980's - THIS picture is from one of those rituals.
Amazingly just after the cave's rediscovery Maya began making pilgrimages to the cave and holding rituals there again.
This photo of my assistant Jesus Lopez in front a Maya Hieroglyphic panel is one of my favorites from my work deep in the cave. It reminds me of being in a sacred space and working with Jesus who even though he does not like caves would go anywhere to make a photo.
-Stephen Alvarez
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