Geologists in northern Guatemala have discovered a huge 2,000-year-old Mayan site that dates to the Middle and Late Preclassic period below a rainforest.
A Maya civilization with 964 connected towns that was previously unknown has been uncovered in northern Guatemala. The scattered ruins, which are believed to date from the Preclassic Maya period, which spanned from roughly 1000 BCE through 150 CE, encompass an area of about 1,685 square kilometers (650 square miles) and are connected by 177 …