<div><div dir="auto"><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-spacing:0px;font-size:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><td valign="top" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 20px 5px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:normal;line-height:32px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.4375rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lost Cities Revealed</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-spacing:0px;font-size:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><td valign="top" style="margin:0px;padding:12px 20px 10px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(49,49,49);color:rgb(49,49,49)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22px;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.9375rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Archaeologists have discovered a constellation of<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://news.join1440.com/t/j-l-sdrkkjt-dutrdtkdjd-p/" target="_blank" style="font-size:inherit;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:underline!important;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,238);color:rgb(0,0,238)"><font style="font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.9375rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,238);color:rgb(0,0,238)">ancient Amazonian structures</font></a> in what is now modern-day Ecuador, according to new research published yesterday. Flourishing for roughly 1,000 years about two millennia ago, the settlements are believed to have been populated by 30,000 residents at their peak—roughly equal to London under the Roman Empire at the same time. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:0.9375rem;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">The complex was discovered using LiDAR (light detection and ranging), a technique in which variations in surface height are measured using airborne laser mapping. The approach allows researchers to penetrate dense forest canopies or layers of Earth, revealing what lies underneath without labor-intensive fieldwork and digs. Learn more about how LiDAR—also used in many self-driving vehicles to "see" the road—has<span class="Apple-conve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