A reporter takes pictures of the "Templo de la Serie Inicial" during a media tour in Chichen Viejo at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in Piste, Mexico February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez 

An Egyptian employee works at the 4,000-year-old tomb of Meru, the oldest site accessible to the public on Luxor's West Bank, home to some of its most spectacular Pharaonic monuments including the Valley of the Kings, after restoration by a Polish mission in Luxor and Egyptian archaeologists, by the Egyptian Tourism Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt February 9, 2023. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY 

A women takes a selfie after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A worker walks in front of the Pyramid of Djoser after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Statues are displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A statue is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

An artifact is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Statues are displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

An artifact is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A man sits inside a tomb after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Statues are displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass speaks during the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

People work at the site after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Community guide Manuel Centeno shows a map of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A community guide leads mules in a camp of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A spider monkey is painted on a wall at the camp of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

LiDAR technology expert Josephine Thompson explains the new discoveries in La Danta temple at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A Mayan figurehead carved on stone at Temple 313 is seen at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

Community guide Manuel Centeno shows a detail of the Jaguar Paw Temple at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

The jungle is seen through a hole in the Jaguar Paw Temple at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

Jorge Velazquez prepares food at the camp of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A Guatemalan flag it's pinned next to a map of the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A boat navigates the Peten Izta lake near the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A general view shows the jungle surrounding the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A view shows La Danta pyramid at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A man is silhouetted while standing near La Danta pyramid at the archaeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A structure protects the Popol Vuh frieze at the archeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

A section of the Popol Vuh frieze is seen at the archeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

Community guide Manuel Centeno observes a section of the Popol Vuh frieze at the archeological site El Mirador where a team from Guatemala's FARES anthropological research foundation has revealed in a new high-tech study that nearly 1,000 ancient Maya settlements, including 417 previously unknown sites linked by what may be the world's first highway network, are hidden by the dense jungles of northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, in Peten, Guatemala, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Josue Decavele 

Oriya Amichay, an archeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) holds up part of the stopper of a container which, according to the IAA was thought to contain an expensive liquid such as perfume, at the site of an excavation in Muraba'at Cave near the Dead Sea, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An aerial view shows the desert cliff which is the site of an excavation overseen by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Muraba'at Cave near the Dead Sea in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

People visit the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A man visits the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

People visit the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

People visit the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A tourist visits the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A view of the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

People visit the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

People visit the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

A bird is seen at the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, Greece, November 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

The Rano Raraku volcano, one of the archaeological sites affected by a fire, is pictured in the Rapa Nui park, Easter Island, Chile November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza 

Horses graze next to the the Moais at Ahu Tongariki archaeological site in Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza 

Visitors look after Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after being damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

A view shows a part of complex as Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after being damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

A view shows a part of complex as Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after being damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

A visitor looks after Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after being damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

A view shows Aztec ruins after Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after being damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

A view shows a part of complex as Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after being damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

Visitors look after Mexico reopens Templo Mayor complex, one of Mexico's most important ancient sites, after it was damaged in a major storm, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero 

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visit the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walk as they visit the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Visitors gather in the shade during a guided tour of Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An aerial view shows visitors at Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An aerial view shows visitors at Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

An aerial view shows visitors at Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Historic remains are seen at the Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

A group of visitors tours the Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

People visit the Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

A woman looks out during a visit to the Tel Lachish archaeological site in southern Israel, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

Yoav Vaknin of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University and the Paleomagnetic lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem holds a box containing a sample from an archaeological site as a part of research which uses geomagnetic fields to date and verify Biblical accounts in Jerusalem, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad