The Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza, also known as El Castillo, stands as a testament to the Mayan civilization's advanced understanding of astronomy and architecture. The temple's design ...
In recent years Lidar technology has also been used to reveal previously hidden cities near the iconic ancient temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Maya civilisation, at its peak some 1,500 years ago ...
An archaeology student discovered a major Mayan civilization hidden under the Mexican jungle using a LiDAR dataset ... capital," including a ball court, temple-style pyramids, enclosed plazas ...
Encircled by thick jungle, Palenque is ... relative obscurity into a powerful Maya capital. Its imposing palaces, extensive administrative buildings, and temples filled with expressive bas-relief ...
There’s the mighty jungle that surrounds our city ... Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called this because ...
A Mayan city that had been lost for centuries beneath dense jungle in Mexico has been rediscovered ... plazas connected by a broad causeway; temple pyramids; a ballcourt; a reservoir formed ...