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LiDAR Reveals Lost Maya City in the Mexican Jungle

With all the satellite imagery and modern tools at our disposal, the fact we can still discover a lost city in the year 2023 is quite astonishing, and that’s what’s happened just recently in the Mexican jungle.

Archaeology game-changing LiDAR technology has revealed a settlement covering more than 124 acres. The site has a core area, located on high ground surrounded by extensive wetlands.


On finding the lost city with the groundbreaking technology, a team of archaeologists trekked some 60 kilometres or 37 miles into the dense Yucatan Peninsula jungles of Southern Mexico and they were certainly not disappointed with what they found.


Yes, stone structures have now been viewed first-hand and many pictures have now been shared with the world.


Watch this video to learn more.

Matt Sibson
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