PhD Student Accidentally Discovers Ancient Mayan City

It's not everyday that one stumbles on the ruins of an ancient civilization, especially those that have yet to be discovered. For Luke Auld-Thomas, a PhD student from Tulane University, his curiosity to use laser mapping known as Lidar, led to him being able to trace an entire network of buildings that had for centuries been covered by jungle in Mexico's southeastern state of Campeche.Three sites in total were unearthed, together, equalling the size of Scotland's capital Edinburgh, and believed ...