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"This cenote is the only cenote on this list you can't get into for a swim. You can only really admire it. It is the sacred cenote of Chichen Itza, so it is actually a part of the visit to the ruins.
The Sacred Cenote is an open-type cenote that appears as a circular depression filled with 60 m in diameter, with vertical walls that drop between 15 m and 25 m to the water surface. It is located north of the Kukulcán pyramid and is connected to it by a causeway about 300 m long.
Archaeological research has found and removed thousands of objects at the bottom of the cenote, including artifacts made from gold, jadeite, copal, pottery, flint, obsidian, shell, wood, rubber, and cloth, as well as human skeletons. Most of these objects can be found at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University or the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City."
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