More than just revealing lost cities, these findings challenge a long-held belief that the Maya civilization was composed mainly of small, isolated villages. Lidar has instead uncovered a vast ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, believes that it was likely used for human sacrifice, particularly children ...

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

At its peak, Valeriana was home to an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 people, making it one of the largest and most densely populated Mayan cities, second only to Calakmul. Lidar has revolutionized ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula ... Auld-Thomas added that LiDAR has allowed them “to map large areas very quickly, and at really ...

more complex picture of the Maya. Auld-Thomas found the lidar images on "the digital equivalent of a high, dusty shelf," he said. It was 2018, and Auld-Thomas was in Guatemala City, doing field ...

Lidar surveys of Guatemala have revealed Tikal’s links with other Maya cities, like Homul. And Tikal also traded with the city of Teotihuacan, more than 1,000 kilometers to the west, in what’s ...