Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico, including an entire hidden city with impressive pyramids, a study reports. Many of the ...

Using lidar, researchers found hidden storage rooms in Sahure's Pyramid. An Egyptologist first speculated about them almost 200 years ago.

Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures ... The team also used a portable lidar scanner to conduct detailed surveys of the pyramid for the permanent record.

Now, a tool called lidar is revealing its staggering scale and sophistication. HISTORY & CULTURE Everything we thought we knew about the ancient Maya is being upended ...

A lidar image of previously unknown Maya structures in Mexico. Image: Auld-Thomas et al., Antiquity 2024. However, lidar is expensive. That’s where an old map comes into play—a 2013 lidar ...

Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico, including an entire hidden city—Valeriana—with impressive pyramids, a study reports.

Indeed, last week a 1,100-year-old pyramid in Mexico collapsed into a pile of rubble because of heavy rainfall that was preceded by record-breaking drought which evaporated entire lakes ...

In 2024, a Mayan megacity was discovered in Campeche, Mexico. Swallowed by the rainforest, this lost urban center contained pyramids, plazas, amphitheaters, and highways. But this discovery wasn't ...

The La Danta pyramid in northern Guatemala. Deep in the jungle, researchers have found evidence of a well-organized system of hundreds of ancient Mayan cities.

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...

Over 6,500 previously unknown Maya structures, including an entire city with towering pyramids, ... LiDAR technology has become essential in modern archaeology, ...

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 ...