"It was thought that the gods preferred small things and especially the rain god had four helpers that were represented as tiny people," said de Anda.

"So the children were offered as a way to directly communicate with Chaac," he said

Archeologists previously believed young female virgins were sacrificed because the remains, which span from around 850 AD until the Spanish colonization, were often found adorned with jade jewelry.

It is difficult to determine the sex of skeletons before they are fully matured, said de Anda, but he believes cultural evidence from Mayan mythology would suggest the young victims were actually male

Diving for the treasures sounds like fun too. So he helps archeology and gets rich too. Sounds like a great job to me.

I have read about and studied the Mayan culture for years, and all we can do is suppose about when they intended with things that are not written about to give us the details and facts ... just like Egyptian history and sites, and many other cultures.

Great clip. Thanks.

Poor babies...the horrors that innocents have been subjected to in the name of religion are heartbreaking.

shit I wonder how the lucky few were chosen for the sacrifice? life on this planet long before our time just seems impossible to fathom sometimes...

boys don't cry ..