A LiDAR scanning system has provided archaeologists with evidence of a sprawling Mayan city that was tucked away under the jungle canopy in northern Guatemala. The scan revealed the remains of a over 60,000 different structures that have been waiting centuries for someone to stumble upon them.
In all, the project scanned an incredibly 800 square miles of jungle in what is known as the Mayan Biosphere Reserve. Researchers have long known that Mayan settlements were present in the area, but the massive scale of the cities that were once teeming with activity was hugely miscalculated.