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University of Houston researchers have unearthed an ancient Maya city hidden deep within the jungles of Campeche on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The more than 1,000-year-old city—now dubbed Yucatan Ocomtún, which means stone column in the Maya language—was uncovered by a team led by Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz, co-principal investigator with the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) at U of H.

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[–] subtext@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy that we can just miss these for hundreds of years. I hope to see them taking good care of the history and not going in too quickly.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

The good news is we know the exact boundaries here and won't have to go exploring for anything large. So, hopefully, the rest of the forest will be preserved.

The LiDAR image in the article is cool. I wonder what the plan will be to do research on the ground.