An amazing discovery…cities and the “first super-highway network” of the Mayan civilization

A statement from a team from the Varese Foundation for Anthropological Research in Guatemala, which oversees what it calls LIDAR studiesthat this is the latest discovery of civilization sites Maya It is almost three thousand years old and related infrastructure.

The results were first published last month in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica.

And all the recently identified buildings were built centuries before the emergence of the largest cities Mayan civilization Which was followed by the achievement of great human achievements in mathematics And writing.

LIDAR technology uses aircraft to shoot pulses of light into dense forests, allowing researchers to clear vegetation and explore ancient buildings below.

Among the details unearthed in the latest analysis, the researchers said, is the first system of its kind in the ancient world of extended rocky roads. "fast or super fast".

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A statement from a team from the Varese Foundation for Anthropological Research in Guatemala, which oversees what it calls LIDAR studiesthat this is the latest discovery of civilization sites Maya It is almost three thousand years old and related infrastructure.

The results were first published last month in the journal Ancient Mesoamerica.

And all the recently identified buildings were built centuries before the emergence of the largest cities Mayan civilization Which was followed by the achievement of great human achievements in mathematics And writing.

LIDAR technology uses aircraft to shoot pulses of light into dense forests, allowing researchers to clear vegetation and explore ancient buildings below.

Among the details unearthed in the latest analysis, the researchers said, was the ancient world’s first system of extended “rapid or hyper-highway” rock roads.