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LiDAR Reveals Hidden Inca Roads Near Machu Picchu
Archaeology
LiDAR Reveals Hidden Inca Roads Near Machu Picchu
Drone-mounted LiDAR uncovered over 2.5 kilometers of unknown pre-Columbian roads hidden beneath rainforest near Machu Picchu.
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Ancient Maya Site in Mexico Rewrites Mesoamerican History
Archaeology
Ancient Maya Site in Mexico Rewrites Mesoamerican History
Archaeologists say Aguada Fénix in Mexico, the largest known Maya monument, was built almost overnight around…
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LiDAR Uncovers a Hidden Inca Road That May Lead to a Sacred Peak
Archaeology
LiDAR Uncovers a Hidden Inca Road That May Lead to a Sacred Peak
A Polish-Peruvian team using drone-mounted LiDAR has uncovered more than 2.5 kilometers of previously unknown Inca…
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Drone Survey Reveals a Massive Ancient Farm Field in Michigan
Archaeology
Drone Survey Reveals a Massive Ancient Farm Field in Michigan
A drone-mounted laser survey of a forested Michigan site called Anaem Omot revealed a Native American…
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LiDAR Reveals a 3-Million-Person Civilization in the Amazon
Archaeology
LiDAR Reveals a 3-Million-Person Civilization in the Amazon
A LiDAR survey across 4,497 square kilometers of southwestern Amazonia found five times more earthworks than…
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What’s Buried Inside Brittany’s Neolithic Earth Mounds?
Archaeology
What’s Buried Inside Brittany’s Neolithic Earth Mounds?
Electrical surveys at the Coeby Neolithic cemetery in Brittany have detected buried stone structures inside two…
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A Civilization of 3 Million People Was Hidden in the Amazon
Archaeology
A Civilization of 3 Million People Was Hidden in the Amazon
A new LiDAR survey published in Nature reveals that the ancient Aquiry civilization of southwestern Amazonia…
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Minanbé: Intact Maya City Found in Mexico’s Jungle
Archaeology
Minanbé: Intact Maya City Found in Mexico’s Jungle
Deep in Mexico's Calakmul jungle, a Mexican-Slovenian team has uncovered Minanbé, an intact Maya city untouched…
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Laser Scans Reveal Lost Amazon City in Ecuador
Archaeology
Laser Scans Reveal Lost Amazon City in Ecuador
Airborne laser scans of Ecuador's Upano Valley have revealed approximately 6,000 mounds, 15 settlements, a road…
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