They find an underground Mayan city in Guatemala

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Post published:January 16, 2023
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A total of 964 pre-Hispanic ruins that are part of the Mayan civilization, which are found underground in the tropical forest of Petén, north of Guatemala. The discovery was thanks to a research project that began in 2015reported today a group of scientists who participated in the initiative.

“We found a surprising number of ceremonial centerscities and farming systems where the Maya lived for more than a thousand years,” said archaeologist Carlos Morales, from the University of Austin, Texas, one of the seven professionals who participated in the research, during a press conference.

As noted at the beginning of this note The Truth Newsthe project began in 2015 flying over more than a thousand kilometers over the jungle area called Cuenca del Mirador, located in the department (province) of Petén in the extreme north of Guatemala, on the border with Campeche, Mexico.

Discovery was thanks to Lidar technology

“The records were possible thanks to the use of Lidar technology, which are remote sensors that measure the distance between an emitter and a target with laser light,” added Dr. Morales, who pointed out that this technology allowed us to observe the structures located below. from the earth.

In total, 775 ancient Mayan settlements and more than 189 sites that formed cities, towns and villages in the area surrounding the basin were recorded. “It is a historic discovery for Guatemala and the world,” said American archaeologist Richard Hasen, who was the director of the project, during a conference.

According to the researchers, the detected pyramids are still being counted and the discovery serves to publicize that the Mayans had achieved a great political and economic expansion in the region, thus founding one of the first States of the continent.

The Mayan civilization inhabited the north of the territory that now belongs to Guatemala, located 500 kilometers from the current Guatemala City. There are records of the Mayan culture from the year 1,800 BC, according to researchers.

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What is lidar data?

LIDAR (light detection and ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that uses light from a laser to obtain a dense sample of the earth’s surface producing accurate measurements of x, y, and z.