Xibalbá

Xibalba is the mythical underworld from which the ancestors of the Maya originated. "Descent into Xibalba" is a romantic mystery-suspense story set in Chiapas State of Southern Mexico. Two archaeologists, David Wolf, an American expatriate, and Karen Dumas, a Smithsonian Archaeologist, leave their comfortable academic careers to pursue a treasure in the form of lost Mayan books. It is a matter of record that Fr. Landa, a famous 16th Century historical figure who served as Bishop of The Yucatan, zealously pursued and destroyed all written texts of Mexico's Indians