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 ...

In 2009, archaeologists Diane and Arlen Chase of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, pioneered the use of lidar to map a Mayan city, revolutionizing the way ancient civilizations are detected and ...

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

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 ...

The ancient Maya civilisation first emerged sometime before ... by roads that the Maya likely traversed on foot. "As we get to map more and more of the Yucatán, we basically know that if you ...

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 ...