Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala, revealing pyramids, murals, and statues.

It is the latest discovery of roughly 3,000-year-old Maya centers and related infrastructure ... allowing researchers to peel away vegetation and map ancient structures below.

A map shows the layout of X’baatún’s core ... s outer areas but expect to find more residential structures. Ancient Maya communities lived at X’baatún beginning as early as 300 B.C ...

A graduate student analyzing publicly available drone data in Mexico unexpectedly stumbled across a huge ancient Mayan city buried ... ranging equipment. LiDAR maps are used by a wide range ...

In 2009, archaeologists Diane and Arlen Chase of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, pioneered the use of lidar to map a Mayan city, revolutionizing the way ancient civilizations are detected and ...

For decades archaeologists relied on the help of descendants of the Maya to identify and excavate the ancient sites familiar ... zone” on archaeologists’ maps. Dr. Sprajc, 67, said the ...

Across southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, ancient Maya cities lie scattered like ... In recent years, lidar scans—laser technology that can map what’s hidden beneath the trees ...

LiDAR, he added, “allows us to map large areas very quickly ... “LiDAR is teaching us that, like many other ancient civilizations, the lowland Maya built a diverse tapestry of towns and ...

Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua (regional map). Ancient rubber makers harvested latex from rubber trees and mixed it with juice from morning glory vines ...