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

Archaeologists have found thousands of Maya structures and a lost city they named Valeriana in Mexico by using laser mapping ...

OKAY, THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE DENSE, AND THAT MEANS THAT WHEREVER WE LOOK, THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING ...

Constructed over 1,200 years ago, the imposing 65m-tall (213ft) Temple IV at Tikal, in modern Guatemala, is a testament to ancient Maya masonry (Credit: Getty Images) Ruins of ancient cities keep ...

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

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work ...

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No, this isn’t a plot from Indiana Jones: An ancient Maya city that’s been lost for centuries was just uncovered in Mexico.

Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern ...