Mayan Discovery

[gipper]

Amazing stuff. Once again proving we know so little of our ancient past and much of what we know is wrong.

A Vast 2,000-Year-Old Mayan ‘Kingdom’ Discovered in Guatemala Challenges Ideas of Mesoamerica​

The remains of a vast Mayan “kingdom” were found in Northern Guatemala, raising questions over the daily lives and demise of its inhabitants 2,000 years ago, according to a report published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica earlier this month.

The ancient metropolis contained more than 1,000 settlements densely packed together over 650 square miles — challenging the theory that most Mesoamerican settlements were sparsely populated. The site was discovered by an international team of researchers from the United States and France, who published their findings in the journal.
A Vast 2,000-Year-Old Mayan ‘Kingdom’ Discovered in Guatemala Challenges Ideas of Mesoamerica

 

[Votto]

Amazing stuff. Once again proving we know so little of our ancient past and much of what we know is wrong.

A Vast 2,000-Year-Old Mayan ‘Kingdom’ Discovered in Guatemala Challenges Ideas of Mesoamerica​

The remains of a vast Mayan “kingdom” were found in Northern Guatemala, raising questions over the daily lives and demise of its inhabitants 2,000 years ago, according to a report published in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica earlier this month.

The ancient metropolis contained more than 1,000 settlements densely packed together over 650 square miles — challenging the theory that most Mesoamerican settlements were sparsely populated. The site was discovered by an international team of researchers from the United States and France, who published their findings in the journal.
A Vast 2,000-Year-Old Mayan ‘Kingdom’ Discovered in Guatemala Challenges Ideas of Mesoamerica

Yep, Climate change wiped out the Mayans

Sad, but that's what happened to the SUV loving ancients.

 

[Zincwarrior]

There's an entire advanced Amazon civilization with a raised city and road system that was wiped out by the diseases. Spanish mention seeing it, then a decade later, nothing. Modern Satellite LIDAR as used in the OP shows the network. Very cool and sad.

Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air

Mapping technology cut through the canopy to detect sprawling urban structures in Bolivia that suggest sophisticated cultures once existed

www.smithsonianmag.com

Lasers reveal 'lost' pre-Hispanic civilization deep in the Amazon

Settlements from a "lost" Amazonian civilization were found.

www.livescience.com

 

[1srelluc]

 

[whitehall]

While the modern world is feigning hysteria and blaming "global warming" on clear cutting of the fringes of South American jungles it seems that the Central America and South American jungles are recovering from the clear cutting by ancient tribes.

 

[gipper]

Interesting video on the Mayan cities found via LiDAR technology.


'Game Changer': Maya Cities Unearthed In Guatemala Forest Using Lasers