The Maya built pyramids over caves and underground lakes as gateways to the other world
Interestingly, a stepped altar of six to eight tiers was built beside the cave, and it survived until the later period of Chersonesos.
A similar deification of caves is characteristic of the Maya, who raised pyramids over caves and subterranean lakes and regarded them as a link with the other world, a cradle of ancestors and the road to the next life.