Lost Maya Metropolis Hidden By Thick Jungle Uncovered by Laser Mapping and a Lucky Google Search

Image caption: An ancient structure in Calakmul, which is relatively close to the newly discovered Maya city of Valeriana. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons. Article by Tibi Puiu. ZME Science – October 30, 2024.

For centuries, the dense jungles of Mexico’s Campeche state hid one of the Maya civilization’s best-kept secrets. Beneath layers of tropical forest, an ancient city sprawled — its plazas, pyramids, and causeways buried, forgotten, and left to the mercy of vines, moss, and time itself. For more than a thousand years, this city, now named Valeriana, remained unseen, cloaked by thick foliage that obscured even the tallest of its pyramids. […]

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