I am a Mayanist and I did my dissertation on the cenotes of Belize.

我是一个玛雅主义者，我的论文是关于伯利兹的纪念碑。

We have found human remains in some of the cenotes.

我们在一些墓穴中发现人类遗骸。

Take this person to the edge of the cenote, you would slash them through their chest.

把这个人带到墓穴的边缘，砍他们的胸部。

Visit ancient cenotes, the freshwater pools which quenched the thirsts and sustained the spirits of the ancient Mayan.

您也可以参观古塞诺特，清澈的泉水不仅为古马雅人带来甘露泉源，还将他们的精神延续至今。

Sometimes they were just used for water, but other times they did sacrifice people into the cenotes from time to time.

有时他们只是用来喝水，但有时他们确实会不时地在墓穴里用人去祭祀。

Beneath its narrow mouth, the walls of the cenote open up to become a giant dome.

在它狭窄的嘴巴下，天然井的墙壁张开，一个巨大的圆顶。

The archaeologists were probably the first people in centuries to watch the sun move slowly across the cenote's water.

考古学家可能是几个世纪以来第一批观察到太阳在天然井水面上缓慢移动的人。

One day, inspecting the walls of the cenote a few meters below the surface, he felt something above his head.

一天，他在检查地下几米深的井壁时，感觉到头顶有什么东西。

The two archaeologists are anxious to confirm whether this cenote could have acted as a sacred sundial and timekeeper for the ancient Maya.

两位考古学家急切地想确认这个 cenote 是否可以作为古代玛雅人的神圣日晷和计时器。

In recent years, archaeologists have been paying more attention to the meaning of caves, the zenith sun, and cenotes in the beliefs of the ancient and modern Maya.

近年来，考古学家越来越关注古今玛雅人信仰中洞穴、天顶太阳、天然井的意义。

Archaeologists already knew that the ancient Maya believed cenotes to be doors to a world inhabited by Chuk, the god of life-giving rain, but the significance of this fact has only recently started to become clear.

考古学家已经知道， 古代玛雅人认为，cenotes 是通往生命之雨之神 Chuk 居住的世界的大门，但这一事实的重要性直到最近才开始得清晰。

Key to Survival Three years later, in the cornfield on the surface above the cenote, a crew of Maya farmers is working hard in the grueling Yucatan heat to pull the explorers out of the well.

生存的关键 三年后，在 cenote 上方的玉米地里， 一群玛雅农民正在尤卡坦半岛的酷热中努力工作，将探险者从井中拉出来。

In terms of my research, we did find a little building right on the edge of the cenote, and we would call that a water shrine, and that would be the place where these kind of rituals would take place.

根据我的研究，我们确实在墓穴的边缘发现一个小建筑，我们称之为水神殿，也就是这种仪式进行的地方。