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Lidar Finds Overgrown Maya Pyramids

Posted by kdawson on from the run-but-you-can't-hide dept.

AlejoHausner writes "A team of archaeologists scanned the jungle of Belize with lidar. Although most of the reflections came from the jungle canopy, some light reflected off the ground surface. Using this, suddenly hidden pyramids, agricultural terraces, and ancient roads are revealed, at 6-inch resolution. The data allowed the archaeologists to bolster their theory that the ancient city of Caracol covered more than 70 square miles of urban sprawl and supported a population of over 115,000."

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  1. Cool. by 2names · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now find Atlantis.

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    1. Re:Cool. by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Minoan people of ancient Crete were well on the way to an industrial revolution of of their own that predated that of England by a couple of thousand years. If it wasn't for an inopportune volcanic eruption which completely wiped the Minoans out back around 1400 BCE,

      A volcano... or the horrific results of their experimentation with bio-engineering and the creation of a man-bull hybrid?!

      Food for thought.

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    2. Re:Cool. by natehoy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ah, so THEY are the originators of ManBearPig!

      Those crazy Minoans, they got exactly what they deserved.

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  2. Re:Other uses for this technology by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or somebody that found your post funny.

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  3. Lidar by LearnToSpell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pretty much my favourite detection system.

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  4. Re:Other uses for this technology by BobMcD · · Score: 3, Funny

    I built an irony detector, but it only detects 'everything but irony'.