"a picture of what lies beneath them on (and under) the ground". How does the "under"-part work? I understand that in this context light means in or near the visible range of em waves. Yet visible ...

LiDAR, archaeologists joke that it’s ‘the dream’ when approaching large-scale field surveys, especially in remote or difficult to traverse areas. It seems like new 'lost' cities are coming to light ...

Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), or lidar, is an enormously important innovation for data collection and interpretation in archaeology. The application of archaeological 3D data deriving from sources ...

Some 6,500 citizen scientists in the Netherlands have located a trove of archaeological remains across the Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug regions while working with researchers at Leiden University.

An extensive ancient Mayan civilization that existed more than 2,000 years ago has been partially excavated in northern Guatemala, according to a new study. As reported first by VICE, nearly 1,000 ...

For the first time, archaeologists have used drone-based lidar technology in Central Asia to uncover stunning details of two newly documented trade cities located high in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

In a remarkable breakthrough, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old fortress in the forests of Neamț ...

Lidar data showing (left to right): a dance ring; a historic building foundation; a 19th-century logging camp; looted burial mounds; remains of unknown burial mounds; and a burial mound ...

A flyover of Belize's thick jungles has revolutionized archaeology worldwide and vividly illustrated the complex urban centers developed by one of the most-studied ancient civilizations -- the Maya.

OAXACA, MEXICO—According to a Newsweek report, Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of McGill University and his colleagues spotted the remains of more than 1,000 structures built by the Zapotec in southern ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Lidar, a way to use laser light to measure how far away objects are ...

In 2009, Chris Fisher was in Michoacán, Mexico, studying the ancient Purépecha empire, when his team found remnants of a settlement. He set out to find the edge of it, only to discover that what they ...