Archaeologists in Guatemala Discover a Vast Lost Mayan Civilizations with LiDAR

Almost 1,000 Maya settlement with pyramids and ball courts were discovered in a recent investigation, which dates back more than 2,000 years.

According to a recent study¹, archaeologists have found the remains of a sizable ancient Maya civilization that lived more than 2,000 years ago in northern Guatemala. Nearly 1,000 settlements made up this long-forgotten urban web, which covered 650 square miles and was connected by a vast network of causeways that was discovered using airborne laser equi…