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Lost Treasures of the Maya

Using high-tech scanningequipment, billions of laser pulses arefired down and bounced back

Using high-tech scanning
equipment, billions of laser pulses are
fired down and bounced back

Full Transcript

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Using high-tech scanning equipment,
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billions of laser pulses are fired down and bounced back.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:09
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Frederick Productions,Boxoffice International Pictures (BIP)

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Movie Summary

A new "treasure map" of the Maya world is transforming what we thought we knew of one of the world most mysterious ancient civilizations
S01 • E02 Its secret contents. undiscovered. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:05
Its secret contents. undiscovered.
S01 • E04 To find such a grand building here is stunning. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:04
To find such a grand building here is stunning.
S01 • E02 The map is a result of an ambitious aerial survey - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:15
The map is a result of an ambitious aerial survey
S01 • E03 From above, without LiDAR, we see only trees. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:05
From above, without LiDAR, we see only trees.
S01 • E04 And as well as the buildings, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:12
And as well as the buildings,
S01 • E01 We measure the time it takes for the pulse to go - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:06
We measure the time it takes for the pulse to go
S01 • E03 Switch it on, and an entire ancient world appears. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:06
Switch it on, and an entire ancient world appears.
S01 • E01 Knowing the speed of light and the time it takes - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:07
Knowing the speed of light and the time it takes
S01 • E01 And each one of these reflections, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:06
And each one of these reflections,
S01 • E02 Called the Pacunum LiDAR Initiative, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:08
Called the Pacunum LiDAR Initiative,
S01 • E03 This new map is fully revealing Holmul for the very first time. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:06
This new map is fully revealing Holmul for the very first ti...
S01 • E04 Hidden in plain sight for more than a 1,000 years, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:09
Hidden in plain sight for more than a 1,000 years,
S01 • E01 Only a tiny fraction of the pulses - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:04
Only a tiny fraction of the pulses
S01 • E02 And the results are simply astonishing. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:04
And the results are simply astonishing.
S01 • E04 You can see that the stones are aligned like this one, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:07
You can see that the stones are aligned like this one,
S01 • E01 For archaeological studies in the jungle, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:06
For archaeological studies in the jungle,
S01 • E03 Stripping away the trees - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:15
Stripping away the trees
S01 • E02 From above you can see nothing but trees, - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:10
From above you can see nothing but trees,
S01 • E04 And that gives you, or that was what gave me - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:06
And that gives you, or that was what gave me
S01 • E01 And just leave the ground and the ancient buildings. - Lost Treasures of the Maya 00:05
And just leave the ground and the ancient buildings.