Belize Featured in History Channel Documentary

The Belize Film Commission and NICH are excited to announce the premiere of “Gates of Hell” on the History Channel (Channel 71 on Coral Cable Vision), Tuesday, August 17, at 8 p.m. According to Courtney Engelstein, Development Producer of Red Marble Media, “The show looks fantastic, and the segment in Belize is beautiful, compelling, and creepy. Thank you so much for your help in pulling that shoot together. History Channel has just begun airing promos, which we are very happy with as well.”

Red Marble Media filmed in Belize earlier this year for a commissioned two-hour History Channel special originally called "Portals to the Underworld." The documentary charts historical thoughts and beliefs about the afterlife from the ancient Maya to modern Christianity. Producers traveled to places that were once believed to be sacred portals to spiritual realms of which Belize was one and used interviews with experts and artistic depictions of the Underworld from throughout the ages for the project.

“For our 2-hour History event "Gates of Hell," we traveled to Belize, Nicaragua, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, and across the US,” posted Red Marble Media on their Facebook Page. Dr. Jaime Awe was filmed at the Xibalba cave – “Place of Fear” and will be featured in the documentary.

Don’t for get to check out the two-hour special of"Gates of Hell" on History Channel on Tuesday, August 17 at 8:00 p.m., and discover actual portals into the Underworld. Caves, volcanoes, lakes of fire...all were believed by the ancients to be gateways into Hell itself.

Dorian's Angels @ Marco Gonzalez Maya Site

Dorian's Angels help archeologists unearth the skeletal human remains at the Marco Gonzalez Mayan Site in South Ambergris Caye. They had a fun day of exploration as university students and archeologist make great finds at this forgotten archeological site on the island. (View Full Gallery & Story Here)

New Findings at Marco Gonzalez Mayan Site

Lots of interesting stuff taking place at the Marco Gonzalez Mayan Ruin Site, South Ambergris Caye, as current excavations are revealing very interesting findings. Very much exploited and damaged in the past, a new project is working on securing, preserving and bringing the Mayan Ruins back to life.

On Thursday, July 8, the board of Directors of the Marco Gonalez Mayan Site Project hosted a reception for tourism and education stakeholders of San Pedro to view artifacts from the site and meet the visiting archaeologists.

Miss Nadia Glassup from the University College London, England, working on her Master’s thesis conducted a four day exhibition of Marco Gonazlez artifacts and the importance of the island site.

Off to the site!

Ambergris Today also made a special trip to the site to see the workings of the university students and visiting archeologists. More on the great findings on Thursday’s edition of Ambergris Today.

Costa Maya Delegates' Fun-filled Weekend

Just before their schedule got very hectic with rehearsals, interviews and preparing for pageant night, the contestants for the Reina de la Costa Maya Pageant had a fun-filled weekend with a trip to visit the Altun Ha Mayan Ruin and lunch at Maruba Resort Spa on Saturday, August 1. They were also joined the Belize National Basketball Team members and Mr. Luis Zabaneh, CEO of Maya Island Air, that sponsored the trip. After their trip they headed for dinner at Elvi’s Kitchen and hung out at El Patio Lounge. (More on Thursday's edition of Ambergris Today Newspaper - Plus Picture Galleries)

Off to Shark Ray Alley

On Sunday, August 02, they were treated to another great trip to Shark Ray Alley sponsored by Seaduced by Belize and partook in a photo shoot on board the Seaduction Catamaran.