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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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