Archaeologists working across the Americas and Southeast Asia are finding that airborne laser scanning, known as LiDAR, is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Egyptologist found a passageway in a pyramid almost 200 years ago. The pyramid is badly damaged, and it was difficult to fully ...

A laser survey originally flown to track deforestation across southern Mexico has led scientists to detect traces of an ...

Archaeologists have analyzed lidar data from a completely unstudied corner of the Maya world in Campeche, Mexico, revealing 6,674 undiscovered Maya structures, including pyramids like those at the ...

Archaeologists using an old map of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered a lost Maya city, hidden until now, with thousands of buildings densely packed into a small area. The archaeological team ...

At Teotihuacan, near Mexico City, three giant pyramids rise above the ancient city’s main street, the Avenue of the Dead. The smallest of these is the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, which sits ...

Researchers have discovered an ancient Maya megalopolis deep within the tropical forest of northern Guatemala after scanning the site with an advanced form of light detection and ranging technology ...

A lidar mapping study using a cutting-edge aerial mapping technology shows ancient residents of Teotihuacan moved astonishing quantities of soil and bedrock for construction and reshaped the landscape ...

On June 22, 2026, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of Minanbé — an intact, ...

Researchers used laser-guided imaging to uncover vast unexplored Maya settlements in Campeche, Mexico, revealing more than 6,500 pre-Hispanic structures, including a previously unknown large city with ...