Researchers Discover Large, Ancient Mayan City — VOA Learning English
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Researchers in Mexico have discovered a large, lost Mayan city.
The major urban settlement, named Valeriana, is hidden deep in the southern forest of Campeche.
The discovery adds to existing knowledge about ancient Mayan settlements.
Valeriana was discovered by chance thanks to Lidar, or Light Detection and Ranging. It is a technology that uses lasers to map the Earth’s surface.
The data used for the study came from around 122 square kilometers of high-quality Lidar data collected in 2013.
The work, led by the Nature Conservancy in Mexico, was part of a forest monitoring project called Alianza. The project aimed to reduce emissions from tree cutting, or deforestation, and land damage.
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