Ancient lost Mayan city with pyramids discovered accidentally by student
Student discovers lost Mayan city in Mexico jungle by accident - City has ‘all the hallmarks of a Classic Maya political capital’
⏲ A student discovers a massive Mayan city on Google by chance
A forgotten Mayan city resurfaces. Discovered on Google by sheer chance, it changes our perception of tropical civilizations. While exploring page 16 of a simple Google search result,
How a PhD Student Discovered a Lost Mayan City From Hundreds of Miles Away
Lidar is very good at mapping trees in addition to mapping ground ... The Maya culture survived, and today many people continue to speak Mayan languages and practice their traditions. What happened was a political and demographic collapse, not a cultural ...
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.
Have We Discovered All the Mayan Cities? Newly-Found Metropolis with Pyramids Shows We’re Not Even Close
A major Mayan urban center has been found in a recent lidar survey on the Yucatan Peninsula that includes pyramids and ball courts. The archaeologists triumphantly declare that the world is yet far away from the last major discovery under the jungles of Central America.
A Lost Mayan City Has Been Found With Laser Mapping
Archaeologists have revealed an ancient lost Mayan city using advanced laser mapping technology, unearthing monumental structures such as pyramids and plazas. Named Valeriana, the city is believed to have been founded before 150 AD.
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.
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,
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Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology
The technique, using thousands of laser pulses sent from a plane, can detect variations in topography that are not evident to ...
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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.