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1.Expertsusingahigh-techlaserscanner(激光扫描仪)have

discoveredthousandsofancientMayabuildingshiddenunderthethick

forestsofnorthernGuatemala,officialssaidThursday.Some60,000

buildingswerefoundoverthepasttwoyearsinascanofanareain

thenortherndepartmentofElPetenbetweenMexicoandBelize,said

MarcelloCanuto,oneoftheprojects’leadresearchers.

Thesefindingsarea“breakthroughinMayaarcheology(考古),”

Canutosaid.

ThenewdiscoveriesinthisCentralAmericancountryincludecity

centerswithsidewalks,homes,widesteps,farmingfacilitiesandso

on,saidCanuto,anarchaeologistatTulaneUniversityintheUnited

States.

Amongthefindswasa30-meterhighpyramid(金字塔)thathad

beenearlierrecognizedasanaturalhillinTikal.Alsodiscovered

inTikal:aseriesofholesanda14kilometer-longwall.

TheMayadevelopmentreacheditsheightinwhatispresent-day

southernMexico,Guatemala,andpartsofBelize,ElSalvadorand

Hondurasbetween250and950CE.Researchersnowbelievethatthe

Mayahadapopulationof10million,whichis“muchhigher”than

previousjudgment,Canutosaid.

Theprojectdependedonaremote(远程的)sensingmethodknownas

LiDAR(LightDetectionandRanging).AircraftwithaLiDARscanner

produced3Dmapsofthesurfacebyusinglightintheformoflaser

linkedtoaGPSsystem.

Thetechnologyhelpedresearchersdiscoversitesmuchfasterthan

usingtraditionalarcheologicalmethods.“Nowitisnolonger

necessarytocu