Ancient Inca City Located 13 000 Feet High In Peruvian Andes Revealed By Laser Technology
National Geographic explorer Albert Lin—along with archaeologists Adan Choqque Arce and Thomas Hardy—used a revolutionary technology known as LiDAR (light detection and ranging) to reveal the full extent of this city, which was settled by the Incas and the people that came before them (often referred to as the pre-Incas). The settlement lies in an archaeological zone known as Wat’a—meaning “island” in the local Indigenous language—at an altitude of around 13,000 feet....