A lidar survey originally created for forest monitoring led researchers to the remains of a large Maya city in Campeche, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Egyptologist found a passageway in a pyramid almost 200 years ago. The pyramid is badly damaged, and it was difficult to fully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have uncovered over 6,500 previously unknown Maya structures, including a hidden city with grand pyramids, within ...

A forgotten laser scan dataset has unveiled Valeriana, a vast ancient Maya city in Mexico, previously hidden from ...

Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

An American student analysing publicly available data found a sprawling Mayan city with thousands of undiscovered structures, including pyramids, under a Mexican forest. The data came from laser scans ...

No audio available for this content. A relief of the ancient Maya site archaeologists are calling Ocomtún. (Image: Žiga Kokalj/ZRC SAZU) In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of ...

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Using laser-guided imaging to peer through dense jungle forests, Tulane University researchers have uncovered vast unexplored Maya settlements in Mexico and a better understanding of the ancient ...