LiDAR Technology Unveils 2,500-Year-Old Hidden Cities in the Amazon
Jun 24, 2025 · The most remarkable aspect of this discovery is the use of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, a remote sensing method that allows archaeologists to see …
Revealing Amazon Secrets With Lidar To Transform Archaeology
Feb 24, 2025 · Deep within the vibrant heart of the Amazon rainforest, archaeologists uncover remarkable signs of past civilizations once considered impossible. With revolutionary airborne …
Lidar of the Amazon: Revealing Ancient Civilizations
Aug 1, 2025 · Beyond archaeology, Lidar serves a role in ecological research and environmental monitoring across the Amazon. It helps monitor deforestation and forest degradation by …
How LiDAR Is Mapping the Amazon’s Hidden Secrets
The three-dimensional data captured by LiDAR provides insight into the physical architecture of the Amazon forest. By measuring the height of individual trees and the density of the canopy …
The hidden ancient mega-cities of the Amazon are finally …
May 4, 2025 · But his breakthrough finally came in 2021, thanks to imagery captured from the air using light detection and ranging (lidar) technology. Lidar is like radar, but uses lasers instead …
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorean Amazon
Jan 12, 2024 · Using laser scanning technology, researchers have found traces of 2,500-year-old cities in the Amazon rainforest. Complete with a complex network of farmland and roads, the …
Lidar Scans Reveal Many Lost Cities, Thousands of Earthworks in the Amazon
Nov 6, 2025 · Lidar has been instrumental in revealing Amazonian cities that had been completely lost beneath dense vegetation. Mounted on aircraft or drones, this technology sends out …
Researchers uncover ancient network of cities hidden in the Amazon ...
Jun 12, 2025 · Research in the region began in the 1980s, when early archaeologists found large mounds and structures. But the biggest leap came with LIDAR— light detection and ranging. …
Laser scans reveal ancient cities hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest
Jan 11, 2024 · Archaeologists have employed advanced lidar technology to unveil an ancient civilization hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest in eastern Ecuador
Lidar Reveals Lost Cities in the Amazon - UNSW Sydney
Jan 22, 2024 · After more than 20 years of research, the ancient urban centres were only discovered when the Ecuadorean government employed lidar technology.