Archaeologists Uncover 4,000-Year-Old Fishing Canals Used by Predecessors of the Ancient Maya
Long before the ancient Maya constructed their iconic temples, their predecessors were already reshaping the landscape of Central America’s Yucatán Peninsula. Archaeologists, using drones and Google Earth imagery, have uncovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in present-day Belize. The discovery, published in Science Advances on Friday, sheds new light on the region’s early civilizations. […]