Pietro Miotti's AI agents flag a possibly unregistered Maya site in Mexican lidar data
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Pietro Miotti says 48 AI agents analyzed about 1,200 km² of public NASA lidar data over Mexico's Maya region and flagged a hilltop site with a pyramid, plaza and raised courtyard that appeared unregistered.
Miotti says the agents converted the lidar strips into images and searched for pyramids, platforms and plazas.
Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) replied that no registered archaeological site exists at that location. The finding is not yet official. Miotti later noted that archaeologists had already mapped the site in a 2025 study, according to one report.
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- Hacker News · AI (150+ points)BlogPietro Miotti's AI agents flag an unmapped Maya site in Mexican lidar data
AIPietro 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.
- Hacker News · AI (150+ points)BlogPietro Miotti uses AI agents to scan NASA lidar data for unrecorded Maya sites
AIPietro Miotti says he used AI agents to scan about 1,200 km² of public NASA lidar strips over Mexico's Maya region, converting them into images and searching for pyramids, platforms and plazas. He reports one hilltop site with a levelled plaza and an oval pyramid 8–12 m tall that appeared unregistered. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History replied that no registered archaeological site existed at the location, though the finding is not yet official.
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