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Mayan City Hidden for Over 1,000 Years Found in Mexican Jungle
Researchers used airborne laser mapping to locate a 37-acre settlement on the Yucatán peninsula. The site includes a 43-foot pyramid temple and was reached after workers cleared a three-mile path through dense vegetation.
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A Mayan city hidden for more than 1,000 years has been identified in the Mexican jungle on the Yucatán peninsula. Semafor reported that researchers employed airborne laser mapping, known as LiDAR, to detect the 37-acre settlement through the dense canopy. The team then cut a three-mile path with machetes to reach the location, which contains a 43-foot-tall pyramid temple.
The discovery dates to the Late Classic period of Mayan civilization, which spanned roughly 250 AD to 900 AD. During this era, the population across much of present-day Mexico and Central America may have reached 16 million, supported by large, intricately designed structures that demonstrated advanced knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.
The civilization collapsed within about a century after its peak, with changing climatic conditions cited as one possible factor.
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