Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

A map shows the layout of X’baatún’s core ... into forgotten 400-year-old vault unearthed at church in France Ancient Maya communities lived at X’baatún beginning as early as 300 B.C ...

These findings offer valuable insights into human history, population dynamics, and the eventual collapse of the Classic Maya ...

They were experts at reading the stars and even built their cities as a map of the sky ... Looking for more ways to introduce your class to ancient Maya? In this short video clip, Akbal introduces ...

Most of the ancient Maya archaeological site of El Ceibal ... for light detection and ranging, to map an unprecedented 470-square kilometers — roughly the same size as the city of Scottsdale ...

Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital ...

LiDAR, he added, “allows us to map large areas very quickly ... “LiDAR is teaching us that, like many other ancient civilizations, the lowland Maya built a diverse tapestry of towns and ...

via REUTERS Valeriana was discovered by chance thanks to Lidar, or Light Detection and Ranging, a technology that uses lasers to map and analyze ... the ancient Mayan urbanization and settlement ...