Archaeologists discover a lost world of 417 ancient Mayans cities buried in remote jungle, connected by miles of 'superh

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1. What?

This is pretty old news as the Lidar survey was completed, I believe, in 2022.

I've never seen the Mayans, who built large structures and temples as well having advanced agriculture, writing and mathematics as described as a "nomadic, hunter-gather society." However it's thought that perhaps the precursors to the Mayans, over 3000 years ago, may have been such a society. This is a nonsense article compiled of spurious facts by a layperson who knows nothing about the Mayans or Central American archeology. It's been known for years that the Mayans were an advanced culture that built cities connected by roads and practiced agriculture. Certainly not "hunter/gatherers."

This author makes it sound as if the Mayans have only recently been discovered. Their culture has been thoroughly researched for years. The advent of Lidar has made it possible to discover many additional Mayan sites that have been overgrown by jungle.

And what's with the inclusion of the photo of Irwin Corey in the article? He was a comedian that called himself "The World's Foremost Authority" and died in 2017 at the age of 102. He had nothing to do with the Mayans, archeology, or even science in anything other than a comedic routine.