Researchers Discover Ancient Mayan City Using Laser Technology

A huge Maya city was discovered centuries after it disappeared under a jungle canopy in Mexico.

Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

Experts analysed lidar data, a method of scanning the land from above using lasers.

The Maya were one of the most dominant civilisations in Mesoamerica and built cities with elaborate ceremonial buildings and massive stone pyramids in what we now know as Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.