Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology has enabled archaeologists to penetrate the dense vegetation and digitally map the terrain ... model of the Maya landscape. This combined with ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Maya kingdoms vanished into history following an ... But enough of them reach the ground to create a complete map of the landscape. Human-made changes to the landscape, ...