Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Researchers recently spotted an ancient Maya city using LiDAR. Further ground investigation showed an array of complex structures in an area otherwise largely unknown to researchers. The array of buildings discovered lends credence to the idea that this city could have played a major role in the region. The jungles of the Balamakú ecological reserve on the Yucatan Peninsula recently offered up a remarkable look at an ancient Maya city, one likely to be rather regionally prominent. Researchers named the newly discovered city Ocomtún, “stone column” in Yucatec Maya.