Naia: The Lost Girl Who Changed Our History Forever

In 2007, near Tulum, Mexico, divers exploring the depths of Hoyo Negro, a large underwater chamber within the Sac Actun cave system, stumbled upon an ancient secret.

They made the groundbreaking discovery of the skeleton of a young woman, now known as Naia.

The underwater chamber they found her in is called a “cenote,” and it has been submerged since the last Ice Age, preserving not only Naia's remains but also the bones of long-extinct extinct animals we only know from fossils.

Little did they know, this discovery would challenge everything we thought we knew about early human migration.

 

Welcome to the Mysteries of Latin America, where we dive into the myths, legends, history, and mysteries from Mexico's northern border to the southern tip of Argentina and across the Caribbean Islands.

On this program, I tell stories so that those of us with roots in the region know a little more of what we’re all about, and also so that those that don’t have those roots know more of what makes up our cultural DNA.

My name is Andrew Colón, and today, we uncover an incredible discovery that is reshaping our understanding of human history.

 

Let’s get started, friends…let’s go meet Naia.