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Laser Mapping Reveals Previously Unknown Maya City with Stone Pyramids in Mexico


Using a laser-based detection system, archaeologists have discovered over 6,500 pre-Hispanic structures -- including a previously unknown Maya city named Valeriana -- in Campeche, Mexico.

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