A LiDAR equipment image shows temples, palaces, housing complexes and landscape, terraces and canals, of a city buried underground at Calakmul in Campeche, Mexico, undated.
The technology enabled scientists to corroborate that this ancient Mayan city was one of the largest in America, more than 1,300 years ago.
Note: Licensed photo. (INAH/Newsflash)
Copyrights: INAH/Newsflash
27 October 2022
Category
Researchers have discovered a huge Mayan settlement hidden under a jungle in Mexico by using laser imaging. The numerous temples, houses, terraces and canals were detected at the Calakmul archaeological site in the state of Campeche, in Mexico. National Institute of Anthropology and History...