Actun Tunichil Muknal

Actun Tunichil Muknal ( Kogon Crystal Sepulcher ), wanda kuma aka sani a gida a matsayin ATM, kogo ne a Belize, kusa da San Ignacio, gundumar Cayo, sananne a matsayin wurin archaeological na Maya wanda ya hada da skeletons, yumbu, da kayan dutse. Akwai wurare da yawa tare da ragowar kwarangwal a cikin babban ɗakin. Mafi sanannun shine "The Crystal Maiden", kwarangwal na abin da aka yi imani da cewa yaro ne mai shekaru 17,  mai yiwuwa wanda aka azabtar da shi, wanda aka kirga ƙasusuwansa zuwa siffa mai kyalli.

Abubuwan yumbu a wurin suna da mahimmanci saboda an yi musu alama da "ramukan kashe" (ramukan da aka ƙirƙira don sakin ruhohin da ke ɓoye a ciki),  wanda ke nuna cewa an yi amfani da su don dalilai na biki. Yawancin kayan tarihi na Maya da ragowar an lissafta su gaba ɗaya zuwa benen kogon. Ɗaya daga cikin kayan tarihi, mai suna "Biri Pot", ɗaya ne daga cikin nau'insa guda huɗu kawai da ake samu a Amurka ta Tsakiya.  Mayakan kuma sun canza fasalin kogo a nan, a wasu lokuta don ƙirƙirar bagadai don hadayu, a wasu don ƙirƙirar silhouette na fuskoki da dabbobi ko kuma su nuna hoton inuwa a cikin kogon. An yi wa kogon ƙawanya sosai tare da ƙirar kogo a cikin manyan sassan sama.

Rayuwar dabba a cikin kogon ta hada da yawan jemagu, manyan kaguwar ruwa, crayfish, kifin kifi da sauran kifayen wurare masu zafi. Manyan invertebrates kamar amblypygi da gizo-gizo na farauta iri-iri suma suna zaune a cikin kogon. Agouti da otters na iya amfani da kogon. Waɗannan da sauran nau'ikan nau'ikan sun zama ruwan dare gama gari a cikin kogunan kogin masu girman girman wannan a Belize.

Sauran wuraren binciken kayan tarihi na Maya da ke kusa da su sune Cahal Pech, Chaa Creek, El Pilar, Xunantunich, da Cave Terror Midnight .

Actun Tunichil Muknal kada ya ruɗe da Actun Tun Kul a cikin Tsarin Kogon Chiquibul .

 Yawon shakatawa 
Hukumar kula da yawon bude ido ta Belize, tare da hadin gwiwar Cibiyar Al'adu da Tarihi ta Belize, Cibiyar Nazarin Archaeology, ta ba da lasisi ga wasu gungun wakilai don gudanar da rangadi zuwa wannan kogon, a wani yunƙuri na daidaita kariyarsa daga kudaden shiga na yawon bude ido.

Kogon yana a cikin Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve . Babban tsarin kogon yana da kusan  tsawo kuma ya ƙunshi dogon rafin kogi na kusan , wanda ke ƙarewa a wani babban rafi. Jeri na sama kafin tarihi ya ci gaba da wani mil fiye da ƙorafin ta cikin manyan duwatsu masu fashewa da manyan ɗakuna. Ana iya fita daga kogon ta hanyar matsi mai tsauri da ke ƙarewa a wani katon rami mai rugujewa a cikin daji. Wurin na sama na kogon yana kusan 1/3 na hanyar shiga daga ƙasan ƙofar. A nan an sami ragowar kwarangwal guda 14, kuma akwai misalai da yawa na tukwane na zamanin dā na Maya .

Kogon yana rufe lokaci-lokaci lokacin da ruwan sama ya sa ruwan kogin ya tashi da yiwuwar ambaliya sassan kogon.

 Kiyayewa 
A karshen watan Mayun 2012, wani dan yawon bude ido ya jefar da kyamara bisa kuskure kuma ya karye kokon kan dan Adam da aka kiyasta ya wuce shekara dubu daya. Sakamakon haka, an hana duk kyamarori marasa izini daga kogon.   Wani baƙo dabam ya taɓa karya wani kokon kai ta hanyar taka shi da gangan.  Ana gaya wa duk baƙi su cire takalman su kuma su sa safa lokacin da suke isa wurin busasshiyar ɗakin sama don taimakawa rage tasirin zirga-zirgar ƙafa.

 Mai jarida 
Ghost Hunters International Season 3 kashi na 9 "The Crystal Maiden: Belize and France" sun kimanta labarun fatalwar da ke bayan budurwar.  National Geographic ya jera shi a matsayin #1 a cikin jerin manyan kogo 10 na alfarma.  Kogon da yawon bude ido babban jigo ne na hasashe na labarin almarar kimiyya mai suna The Actual Star . 

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