GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In a story Feb. 2, The Associated Press reported on the discovery that a Mayan settlement in Guatemala was much larger than thought. The Mayan Cultural and Natural Heritage Foundation that announced the discovery is more commonly known by its Spanish acronym, Pacunam.
Clarification: Guatemala-Archaeology story
This digital 3D image provided by Guatemala's Mayan Heritage and Nature Foundation, PACUNAM, shows a depiction of the Mayan archaeological site at Tikal in Guatemala created using LiDAR aerial mapping technology. Researchers announced Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, that using a high-tech aerial mapping technique they have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defense works and roads in the dense jungle of Guatemala's Peten region, suggesting that millions more people lived there than previously thought. (Canuto & Auld-Thomas/PACUNAM via AP)
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