Researchers have uncovered hundreds of previously unknown ancient earthworks hidden beneath the Amazon rainforest using LiDAR technology, revealing that the Aquiry civilization was far larger and more ...

The standard narrative around the Amazon forest was practically set in stone. Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the Amazon basin was a vast, untouched wilderness. Sure, there were ...

In recent years, archaeologists have turned to lasers in order to unearth previously hidden ancient civilizations. A laser technology known as lidar — short for Light Detection and Ranging — beams ...

LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) was able to discover a hidden ancient Amazon civilization. This just shows that advanced laser tech can be used to analyze unknown places on Earth. This LIDAR, ...