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Earlier News Stories

2019

Burning of Maya City Said to Be Act of Total Warfare (New York Times, 8/5/2019)

2018

Laser Scans Reveal Maya "Megalopolis" Below Guatemalan Jungle (National Geographic, 2/1/2018)

Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds (New York Times, 2/3/2018)

Maya-Stätte: Vogelperspektive - aber ohne Bäume (Bird's eye view - but without trees) (Spiegel, 2/5/2018)

Unprecedented study confirms massive scale of lowland Maya civilization (Tulane News, 9/28/2018)

2016

Secret Mayan tombs lend rare insight into rule of mysterious 'snake kings' (The Guardian, 10/14/2016)

2013

Giant Maya Carvings Found in Guatemala (National Geographic, 8/7/2013)

 

 

Recent Discoveries at Holmul

GIS team Sharing New Technology to Uncover the Past
Holmul Frieze In Guatemala, the Maya world untouched for centuries
Warfare Mural Ancient Maya practiced 'total war' well before climate stress
Lake Sediment Sampling Las guerras no causaron el colapso de la civilización maya
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