October 8, 2024
Why Space Archaeologists Are Finding More Mayan Ruins Than Ever Before (Exclusive)

Why Space Archaeologists Are Finding More Mayan Ruins Than Ever Before (Exclusive)

Satellites are helping scientists discover more ancient Mayan ruins than ever before, no small feat considering how dense the forest is in the indigenous group’s ancestral lands.

“Archaeologists have mapped more Mayan sites, buildings and features in the last decade than we had in the last 150 years,” Brett Houk, professor of archeology at Texas Tech University, told attendees at a NASA-led conference about space archaeology. September 18 to which Space.com received an exclusive invitation.

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