# Pietro Miotti's AI agents flag an unmapped Maya site in Mexican lidar data

> Original title: My AI agents found an unmapped Maya site?

- Source: Hacker News · AI (150+ points)
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:05:22.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/b9fw6sq6swzf1jycnypb5pvlm
- Original: https://pietromiotti.com/latest/maya-site

## Summary

Pietro Miotti says 48 AI agents analyzed about 1,200 km² of NASA lidar data and flagged a previously unregistered Maya hilltop site in Mexico, with a pyramid, plaza and raised courtyard. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) replied that it had no registered archaeological site at that location, though Miotti later notes archaeologists had already mapped it in a 2025 study.