An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile area was surveyed by the Mexican Instituto Nacional de ...

Incredible new discoveries in the Yucatan rainforest are rewriting the history of the ancient Maya. Hidden beneath thick layers of jungle, a vast network of meticulously built roads has been uncovered ...

Lidar discoveries and recent excavations are forcing archaeologists to rethink ancient Maya political structures.

New research led by Tulane University and published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports has uncovered ...

The world the Maya made has been shrouded by jungle for centuries. Now, a tool called lidar is revealing its staggering scale and sophistication.

Thousands Of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed By Jungle-Penetrating Lasers More than 61,000 ancient structures, including houses, large palaces, ceremonial centers, and pyramids have been ...

Archaeologists have used laser technology to map a 100-km (62-mile) Maya stone road that could have been built 1,300 years ago to help with the invasion of an isolated city in modern-day Mexico ...

An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile area was surveyed by the Mexican Instituto Nacional de ...

A landmark study is reporting the discovery of nearly 500 ancient monuments in Mexico using airborne laser mapping. The newly discovered sites are thought to date back at least 2,500 years, in ...

How LiDAR Shattered Maya Population Myths: A 45% Increase Revealed "We expected a modest increase in population estimates from our 2018 lidar analysis, but seeing [this] jump was truly surprising." ...

Lost 18-Kilometer Maya Road Revealed By Jungle-Piercing Lasers LiDAR reveals a world that's no longer visible to the naked eye.