Using advanced scanning technology, researchers have located a major Maya site in the thick jungle of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

The technique, using thousands of laser pulses sent from a plane, can detect variations in topography that are not evident to ...

WIRED spoke with the researchers responsible for the discovery of Valeriana, a lost Maya city in the middle of the jungle of ...

A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence ...

Archaeologists have revealed an ancient lost Mayan city using advanced laser mapping technology, unearthing monumental ...

Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

The study utilised remote sensing to analyse parts of Campeche state, a relatively unexplored area of the Maya world in ...

An analysis of data covering an understudied area has revealed thousands of previously unknown Maya structures.

The city was identified unexpectedly when Tulane University archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas analysed lidar data used by TNC ...

Tulane doctoral candidate Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR laser mapping to uncover an ancient Maya city hidden by the forest in ...

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 ...

A major Mayan city, named Valeriana, has been uncovered beneath the dense jungles of Mexico, thanks to Lidar technology. The ...