Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld

Spanish missionaries deemed Lyobaa to be a "back door to hell" and sealed all entrances.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/archaeologists-may-have-found-ruins-of-fabled-entrance-to-zapotec-underworld/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Archaeologists may have found ruins of fabled entrance to Zapotec underworld

Spanish missionaries deemed Lyobaa to be a "back door to hell" and sealed all entrances.

Ars Technica

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It must be a doorway to something a lot more interesting and less evilly than deemed by a RELIGIOUS MISSIONARY, don't trust those guys.