How a PhD Student Discovered a Lost Mayan City From Hundreds of Miles Away
A new Mayan city, lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico for centuries, has been discovered from the computer of a PhD student hundreds of miles away. This is the story of how he did it. And how did Tulane University graduate student Luke Auld-Thomas ...
Scientist Accidentally Discovers Ancient Mayan City While Browsing Web
Using cutting-edge laser mapping tech, archeologists have uncovered a lost Mayan city in the jungles of southern Mexico. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of scientists led by Tulane University PhD student Luke Auld-Thomas,
Ancient Mayan city discovered via page 16 of Google search results
Who ever goes beyond page one of Google search results? Well, Luke Auld-Thomas did, and it led to the discovery of a lost city.
Scientists Have Discovered a “Lost” Mayan Megacity, Complete With Hidden Pyramids
Tulane researchers uncovered over 6,500 Maya structures in Mexico using lidar, revealing a complex settlement landscape and challenging previous assumptions about the Maya civilization’s urban and rural distribution.
Lost Mayan City Discovered Using 'Found' Laser Imaging Data
During a random Google search, a researcher stumbled on a laser survey done by a Mexican environmental organization. What it revealed was astonishing.
Lost Mayan city discovered in southern Mexico jungle
Archeologists in Mexico have discovered a huge, lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana, hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche -- a sprawling, urban settlement, replete with architectural marvels and agricultural infrastructure.
Ancient lost Mayan city with pyramids discovered accidentally by student
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 of the Campeche region and revealed a buried world,
Lost Mayan city discovered under Mexican jungle by accident
A lost Mayan city, complete with pyramids and a ball court, has been discovered buried deep under the Mexican jungle. The city, which has been named Valeriana by archaeologists, was found by studying laser scans that had been taken in 2013 as part of a forest monitoring project in the southeastern state of Campeche.
PhD Student Accidentally Discovers Ancient Mayan City
Researchers have named the new ancient city Valeriana, after a local lagoon. The discovery refutes previous assumptions within scholarly circles that the Tropics were where “civilizations went to die”,
Archaeologists discover a Maya city behind a wall of trees in Mexico
East of the town of Dos Lagunas, past the major highway cutting through Mexico’s south, the forest rises up in a dense wall of grasping roots, spindly branches and veils of brown and green. Beyond it lies the ruins of an old Maya city,
Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology
(AP Video: Stephen Smith) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ...
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Lost Mayan City Hidden Deep in the Mexican Jungle Revealed Using Laser Technology
Researchers at Tulane University discovered the lost Mayan city of Valeriana in an area previously believed uninhabited.
Harris and Trump's closing arguments and ancient Mayan city discovered: Morning Rundown
Whereas Harris tried to paint a picture of a brighter economic future under her leadership, Trump has focused much of his closing argument on illegal immigration. He has said he wants to abolish ...