November 5 , 2024
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- A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.
- Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.
- LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, a remote sensing technology has been used to rebuild this.
- They have named this area as Valeriana after a nearby lagoon.
- In total, the researchers identified 6,764 structures in Valeriana and in other rural and urban settlements of varying sizes.
- The Mayan civilization area may span in current Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and southeastern Mexico, and inhabited from about 1000 BC to AD 1500.
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