Modern technology reveals old secrets about the great, white Maya road
Monday, February 24, 2020 - 17:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The first lidar study of the 100-kilometer stone highway that connected the ancient cities of Cobá and Yaxuná on the Yucatan Peninsula 13 centuries ago may shed light on the intentions of Lady K'awiil Ajaw, the warrior queen who an anthropologist believes commissioned its construction at the turn of the 7th century.