<br /> <p>An exploration group in Mexico have discovered the biggest underwater cave in the world.</p><p>Following 10 months of underwater exploration</a> a group from the Gran Acuífero Maya discovered that two of the largest flooded caves in the world (known as Sac Actun and Dos Ojos) are actually connected.</p><p>Following this discovery the two caves will now considered as one and known as el Sistema Sac Actun, measuring 347 km in length.</p><p>The project’s director, Guillermo de Anda, was quoted in the media</a> as saying that el Sistema Sac Actun is the most important submerged archaeological site in the world.</p><p>He said that the site offers a potential wealth of information regarding the Mayan people and that the walls of the cave suggest the Mayan arrival to that location pre-dates what was previously thought.</p><p>See more from this story here</a>. Credit: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia via Storyful</p><br />
