If you think archaeologists spend all the time with trowel in hand in a muddy ditch then it’s time to think again. More and more are using sophisticated aircraft-mounted lasers, and it is opening up a ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

"This is it—the paradigm shift," archaeologist Chris Fisher told Ars, following a comment by researcher Arlen Chase. "Just like the advent of radiocarbon dating, LiDAR will have the same impact." ...

The Maya civilization flourished more than 1,000 years ago, but modern technology is only now revealing the secrets of this ancient Mexican and Central American culture—and it’s happening at an ...

LiDAR is a powerful tool for mapping terrain, and it can also be integrated into 3D printing. Learn about it here!

Archaeologists have used laser technology to map a 100-km (62-mile) Maya stone road that could have been built 1,300 years ago to help with the invasion of an isolated city in modern-day Mexico. The ...

A map of the lost city of Mahendraparvata, created using lidar technology (Credit: Archaeology and Development Foundation — Phnom Kulen Program) Indiana Jones was onto something. In Raiders of the ...

Technological advances are allowing archaeologists to take a wider, yet closer, look at ancient sites, opening up long-hidden evidence about the societies of the people who lived there. Tomos Evans is ...

These days, if you want to search for lost civilisations, there’s no need to machete your way through jungles like Indiana Jones, you simply need to turn on your laptop. Remote sensing technology has ...

Excavations may be paused, but discoveries are still being made thanks to aerial photography and high-tech scans that are available online. Wedding photographer Chris Sedden spotted what could ...