| 11. | There are ledges around the wall of the cenote at below the present water level.
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| 12. | This platform is located north of El Castillo, between it and the Cenote Sagrado.
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| 13. | The cenote is open to the sky with the water level about below ground level.
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| 14. | The sides of the cenote are sheer.
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| 15. | Near the northern side of the wall a small cenote provided the city with fresh water.
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| 16. | Some cenotes like the Sacred Cenote in Chich�n Itz?played an important role in Maya rites.
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| 17. | While commonly known as the Sacred Cenote, there are several other names used.
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| 18. | They believed they could communicate with the Gods and ancestors by offering sacrifices into the cenote.
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| 19. | Water lilies growing on the edges of the cenote also symbolized the cleanliness of the water.
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| 20. | It forms a kind of " cenote " as described in the Yucat�n peninsula ( Mexico ).
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