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New Technology Reveals Hidden Mayan Ruins!

Posted: 02-03-2018 10:47 PM
by Malaria_Kidd II
LIDAR imagery reveals Mayan ruins from a now naked jungle! 8) :o

From the British Broadcasting Company

Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Maya ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough.

Laser technology was used to survey digitally beneath the forest canopy, revealing houses, palaces, elevated highways, and defensive fortifications.

The landscape, near already-known Maya cities, is thought to have been home to millions more people than other research had previously suggested.

The researchers mapped over 810 square miles (2,100 sq km) in northern Peten.

Archaeologists believe the cutting-edge technology will change the way the world will see the Maya civilization. :idea:

FULL STORY
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42916261


MK II :D