Many, many moons ago, I had a college double major of Spanish and archaeology. This was before I discovered that you cannot pay a mortgage, or any other bill, with archaeology. The opportunity to excavate a Mayan area in Belize was a chance of a lifetime. While we could only investigate/excavate the main pyramid area, and long before LIDAR, one could tell there was much more under the jungle and soil. Some of the Indiana Jones jungle scenes, where the jungle takes back whatever man has built, and minus the head hunters, is close to reality.
Ever see the movie “The Ruins”?..............