29 January 2024

Finding lost cities with LiDAR

There has been a flurry of news recently about the successes of using LiDAR to uncover lost ancient cities without the destructive clearing that was required in the past.

The BBC announces, The discovery of the Americas' long-lost 'Rome'.

The New Scientist details the findings calling it A mysterious civilisation built a network of cities and roads in the Amazon between 3000 and 1500 years ago, and then disappeared.

And for the science community, the prestigious journal showcased a richly illustrated peer-reviewed LiDAR paper on its cover about Two Thousand Years of Garden Urbanism in the Upper Amazon.

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