To rapidly map regions in fine detail, researchers need national but not necessarily local permission to carry out an aerial scan. It's similar to how Google can map your home without your consent.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) Using muon detectors, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, archaeologists have used drone-based lidar technology in Central Asia to uncover stunning details of two newly ...

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over the course of his career, Professor Marcello Canuto has done plenty of that.

In a remarkable breakthrough, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old fortress in the forests of Neamț County, Romania. This significant discovery was made possible by the use of ...

BOHUNICE, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that a settlement dating back some 7,000 years has been mapped with lidar technology at Hrádok, a hill in central Slovakia, by researchers from the ...

OAXACA, MEXICO—According to a Newsweek report, Pedro Guillermo Ramón Celis of McGill University and his colleagues spotted the remains of more than 1,000 structures built by the Zapotec in southern ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

This field synthesises findings from diverse regions, revealing the complex trajectories of cultural evolution and human adaptation. In Asia, archaeological investigations using remote sensing, LiDAR ...

Since its foundation in 2010, the Vienna-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI ArchPro) has been investigating the Kreuttal, an area located 25 ...

The study of Maya archaeology has increasingly embraced interdisciplinary approaches that integrate traditional excavations with advanced landscape studies. Recent decades have witnessed a ...