On the Ground, a Hidden Maya City. In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of archaeologists has documented pyramids, palaces, a ball court and other remains of an ancient ...

The city features all the hallmarks of a Maya political capital: pyramids, ... These pulses penetrate through the forest canopy and bounce back, creating a detailed 3D map of the ground surface.

Map of the Maya World In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America.

Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico, including an entire hidden city with impressive pyramids, a study reports. Many of the ...

The once-forgotten city in the jungles of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was detected from the skies by LiDAR and contains pyramids, a ball court and spaces marked out by unusual stone ...

A map shows details of the Valeriana site's core in Campeche state, Mexico. The Maya city is among numerous archaeological features revealed by an analysis of data from LiDAR, which involves laser ...

The ancient settlement was likely an important center in the region during the Classic period of Maya civilization—around 250-1,000 A.D.—according to experts.

Archaeologists from the University of Houston working at Caracol in Belize, Central America have uncovered the tomb of Te ...

A hidden Maya city was discovered in Mexico's jungle using laser technology, researchers said. Tulane University ... The previous team's aim was to map above-ground carbon in forests.

Already, the so-called city of Ocomtun is causing archaeologists to question what they thought they knew about the ancient Maya — and what kind of lessons the civilization can offer today's ...

A huge Maya city has been found under a jungle in Mexico - and was accidentally discovered by a student using data from a laser. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, and amphitheatres in ...

The once-forgotten city in the jungles of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was detected from the skies by LiDAR and contains pyramids, a ball court and spaces marked out by unusual stone ...