Hidden deep beneath thick rainforest in northern Guatemala, in Central America, archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a massive network of ancient cities. More than 60,000 structures including highways, houses, palaces, pyramids and royal tombs have been found in what’s being called a “major breakthrough” in archaeology.
The recently discovered ruins belonged to an ancient civilisation known as the Maya, who lived in what is now Mexico and Central America. They began establishing large settlements more than 2,500 years ago, and reached their peak between roughly AD250 and 900. The sprawling ruins of Mayan cities, such as Chichen Itza in Mexico, attract millions of visitors every year. The ruins were found using ground-breaking technology known as Lidar (Light Detection And Ranging), which uses lasers to map the surface of the…
