Erreca, Jean Baptiste

Archaeologists believed they had discovered most Mayan ruins, but Lidar, a new technology, has helped to reveal thousands of structures hidden beneath dense vegetation. The process particularly affected the city of Naachtun, where the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) team is now based. Despite the hostile environment, the researchers know where to explore. The results of these explorations could transform our understanding of this civilisation, revealing the secrets of this same decline a thousand years on.