“The use of LIDAR (laser imaging, detection, and ranging) in archaeology has been a complete game-changer for previously hard to access areas, including mountain ranges, deserts and rainforests. Previous LIDAR studies in the Amazon shocked archaeologists with the scope and scale of former human settlements, confirming conquistador stories of teeming cities on the banks of the river.

In yet another impressive study, aerial images over the Mexican region of Campeche have stunned the world with clear pictures of large-scale settlements, buildings and maybe even pyramids, all lost to time.”

From Grey Goose Chronicles.