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

And how did Tulane University graduate student Luke Auld-Thomas find it? The answer lies in lasers. Until recently, ...

The ancient Maya city was named "Valeriana" after a nearby freshwater lagoon and built before 150 AD, researchers said.

Using cutting-edge laser mapping tech, archeologists have uncovered a lost Mayan city in the jungles of southern Mexico. As ...

Tulane researchers uncovered over 6,500 Maya structures in Mexico using lidar, revealing a complex settlement landscape and ...

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

The technique, using thousands of laser pulses sent from a plane, can detect variations in topography that are not evident to the naked eye.

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work helped locate an estimated 6,600 buildings only 15 minutes from a ...

Lidar survey data reveals ancient Maya buildings clustered on a hilltop. Picture: Luke Auld-Thomas/Antiquity The enormous hidden complex was found using the laser mapping technology Lidar ...

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work helped locate an estimated 6,600 buildings only 15 minutes from a ...