Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city ... features,” Gillespie said. “LiDAR maps what’s on the surface, but ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

Is Fredonia looking at a historical discovery of a magnitude not seen by archeologists in decades? Time and research will ...

Technology enables scientists to measure and discover things that would be impossible to find without it, like these lost ...

Excavations in Hejaz, Saudi Arabia have revealed a series of fortified oasis towns—the latest Bronze Age discovery housed 500 people.

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

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

Archaeologists have discovered Valeriana, a 2,000-year-old Maya city in Mexico with over 6,600 structures. Learn about the ...

Lidar survey data ... equipment – which maps structures underneath vegetation. The city has now been named Valeriana after a nearby lagoon, and was one of three sites located by an archaeologist ...