The pyramid is badly damaged, and it was difficult to fully excavate. Recently, researchers used Lidar to map the pyramid's interior and found previously hidden rooms. In 1836, Egyptologist John Shae ...

At Teotihuacan, near Mexico City, three giant pyramids rise above the ancient city’s main street, the Avenue of the Dead. The smallest of these is the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, which sits ...

Deep inside the forested region of Campeche, researchers studying laser-based LiDAR data noticed shapes that did not match the surrounding natural land. The scans showed clean edges, elevated ...

Archaeologists have uncovered over 6,500 previously unknown Maya structures, including a hidden city with grand pyramids, within southeast Mexico. This major discovery highlights the impressive and ...

No audio available for this content. A relief of the ancient Maya site archaeologists are calling Ocomtún. (Image: Žiga Kokalj/ZRC SAZU) In a biological preserve in Mexico’s Campeche State, a team of ...

Using laser-guided imaging to peer through dense jungle forests, Tulane University researchers have uncovered vast unexplored Maya settlements in Mexico and a better understanding of the ancient ...

An American student analysing publicly available data found a sprawling Mayan city with thousands of undiscovered structures, including pyramids, under a Mexican forest. The data came from laser scans ...

In 2024, a Mayan megacity was discovered in Campeche, Mexico. Swallowed by the rainforest, this lost urban center contained pyramids, plazas, amphitheaters, and highways. But this discovery wasn't ...

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An ancient Mayan kingdom from some 2,000 years ago was discovered buried in northern Guatemala, researchers say. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,000 ancient Mayan settlements in the Mirador-Calakmul ...