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Juxtlahuaca

Juxtlahuaca (Spanish pronunciation: [xuʃtlaˈwaka]), or Xiuxtlahuaca (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ʃjuʃtɬaˈwaka]), is a cave and archaeological site in the Mexican state of Guerrero containing murals linked to the Olmec motifs and iconography. Along with the nearby Oxtotitlán cave, Juxtlahuaca walls contain the earliest sophisticated painted art known in Mesoamerica, and only known example of non-Maya deep cave art in Mesoamerica.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in Mexico

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  2. Nombre de Dios Grottoes82.3 m deep
  3. Sistema Dos Ojos0.1 km
  4. Balankanche
  5. Burnet Cave

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
  6. Krubera Cave · Georgia2,199 m
  7. Sarma cave · Georgia1,830 m
  8. Clearwater Cave · Malaysia109 km