Archaeologists using drones uncover 4,000-year-old fish-trapping canals made by ancient Mayan predecessors
With the help of drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old canal in Belize that was once used by ancient Mayan ancestors to catch freshwater fish. Study co-author Eleanor Harrison Buck of the University of New Hampshire said of the pre-Christopher Columbus discovery: “Aerial photography was critical to identifying this very distinctive […]