A Ph.D. candidate and his professor at Tulane University have discovered a lost Mayan city in the Mexican jungle. Their research, which was recently published in the journal Antiquity, began in 2018.

LiDAR has been used to detect the remains of early Mayan civilizations since 2015, when two large-scale surveys were taken of the southern half of the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin.

LiDAR data isn't perfect, and the research team notes a few caveats to their findings. One is the prevalence of rockpiles, or "chich" mounds," which do not appear to be residential structures.

According to the archaeologists, the LiDAR scan showed an exceptional distribution and density of Maya sites centered in the MCKB, many of which were connected directly or indirectly by a large ...

A huge ancient Mayan city that may have housed between 30,000 and 50,000 people at its peak between 750 and 850 AD was discovered in Mexico by accident thanks to Lidar technology.

Archaeologists have revealed an ancient lost Mayan city using advanced laser mapping technology, unearthing monumental structures such as pyramids and plazas. Named Valeriana, the city is believed ...

A Lidar image shows what archeologists in Mexico say is a newly discovered lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana. via REUTERS Valeriana was discovered by chance thanks to Lidar, or Light ...

Researchers have discovered a Mayan site hidden deep in the jungle on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. They've named the site Valeriana, and it's thought to have been built over a thousand years ago.

There are no known images of the lost city, Canuto said, only LiDAR maps, because no one has ever been there with local residents, possibly suspecting that ruins may lie beneath the mounds of earth.

In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of archaeologists have documented pyramids, palaces, a ball court and other remains of an ancient city they call Ocomtún, reported the New ...

Lost Mayan city, named Ocomtún, discovered deep in Mexcio jungle in Yucatan using lidar technology, University of Houston researchers said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Archeologists in Mexico have discovered a huge, lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana, hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche -- a sprawling, urban settlement ...