Scientists detect traces of an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico using laser-sensor technology

NEW ORLEANS — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. The lost city, dubbed Valeriana by researchers after the name of a nearby lagoon, may have been as densely settled as the better-known pre-Hispanic metropolis of Calakmul, in the south…

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TALKING RUGBY: Andy Nicol, Jason White and Mail Sport’s Calum Crowe look at the big issues for Scotland ahead of the Autumn Tests

Did Gregor Townsend get it wrong making Sione Tuipulotu captain?  What about the absence of free-scoring hooker Johnny Matthews?  Our panel can’t agree but there’s one thing they are sure of: Scotland need at least three wins from four this Autumn. Would you have selected Sione Tuipulotu over Finn Russell for the captaincy? Calum Crowe:…

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