A sprawling Maya metropolis, hidden for centuries beneath dense tropical canopy, is coming into focus as archaeologists ...

Last year, Luke Auld-Thomas, a researcher specializing in Mayan settlements at Tulane University in New Orleans, was poring over a Mexican environmental monitoring survey, when he spotted something ...

A sprawling Maya city with palaces and pyramids was discovered in a dense Mexican jungle by a doctoral student who unknowingly drove past the site years ago on a visit to Mexico. Tulane University ...

This week’s news that archaeologists have discovered the long-lost city of Valeriana highlights one major part of Maya society: astronomical observatories. More than 6,000 structures unveiled ...

A Mayan city lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico has been revealed. The discovery occurred in the southeastern state of Campeche, and archaeologists have named it Valeriana, after a nearby ...

Deep within the dense jungles of southern Campeche in Mexico, archaeologists have unearthed a marvel: an expansive, lost Mayan city, now known as Valeriana. Centuries after its flourishing era, the ...

Archaeologists have revealed thousands of previously unknown ancient Maya structures in southeast Mexico, including an entire hidden city—Valeriana—with impressive pyramids, a study reports. Many of ...

Archaeologists have discovered the lost Mayan city 'Valeriana' deep in Mexico's Campeche jungle, revealing a dense urban settlement with 6,764 structures. Using Lidar technology, researchers have ...