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Lost Maya Metropolis Hidden By Thick Jungle Uncovered by Laser Mapping and a Lucky Google Search

For centuries, the dense jungles of Mexico’s Campeche state hid one of the Maya civilization’s best-kept secrets. Beneath ...
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Major Lost Maya City Discovered While Searching Google

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 current ...