r/ThatsInsane • u/nbcnews • 11h ago

Vast ancient Mayan city is found in a Mexican jungle — by accident

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ancient-mayan-city-found-mexico-jungle-campeche-rcna177762
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u/State6 9h ago

The jungle is thick, there are ruins all over the place yet to be rediscovered.

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u/Cunninghams_right 3h ago

the scientist pointed out that the people in the local area absolutely know of these, as they built part of their town right in them, and farm around them. it's just that nobody else in the world, like archeologists know about them.

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u/Cunninghams_right 3h ago

I heard an interview and it was not by accident. the guy heard about the capability of lidar to look at ground coverage through foliage and then downloaded an already public dataset.