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 

Yoav Vaknin of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University and the Paleomagnetic lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem arranges samples 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 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the Athens Democracy Forum, at the Attalos arcade at the Roman Agora archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

Flags and banners placed by a man, are seen on the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Flags and banners placed by a man, are seen on the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

A tourist makes her way, as flags and banners placed by a man, are seen on the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Tourists make their way, as flags and banners placed by a man, are seen on the Parthenon Temple atop the Acropolis hill archaeological site in Athens, Greece, September 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas 

Giorgi Bidzinashvili, an archaeologist and the dig team's scientific leader, demonstrates a tooth belonging to an early species of human, which was recovered from rock layers presumably dated to 1.8 million years old, near an excavation site in Dmanisi outside the village of Orozmani, Georgia, September 8, 2022. The discovery of the tooth provides yet more evidence that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first places early humans settled after migrating out of Africa, experts said. REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili 

Archaeologists work at a dig site following the discovery of a tooth belonging to an early species of human, which was recovered from rock layers presumably dated to 1.8 million years old, near an excavation site in Dmanisi outside the village of Orozmani, Georgia, September 8, 2022. The discovery of the tooth provides yet more evidence that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first places early humans settled after migrating out of Africa, experts said. REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili 

Giorgi Bidzinashvili, an archaeologist and the dig team's scientific leader, demonstrates a tooth belonging to an early species of human, which was recovered from rock layers presumably dated to 1.8 million years old, near an excavation site in Dmanisi outside the village of Orozmani, Georgia, September 8, 2022. The discovery of the tooth provides yet more evidence that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first places early humans settled after migrating out of Africa, experts said. REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili 

Giorgi Bidzinashvili, an archaeologist and the dig team's scientific leader, demonstrates a tooth belonging to an early species of human, which was recovered from rock layers presumably dated to 1.8 million years old, near an excavation site in Dmanisi outside the village of Orozmani, Georgia, September 8, 2022. The discovery of the tooth provides yet more evidence that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first places early humans settled after migrating out of Africa, experts said. REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili 

Journalists and archaeologists gather at a dig site following the discovery of a tooth belonging to an early species of human, which was recovered from rock layers presumably dated to 1.8 million years old, near an excavation site in Dmanisi outside the village of Orozmani, Georgia, September 8, 2022. The discovery of the tooth provides yet more evidence that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first places early humans settled after migrating out of Africa, experts said. REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili 

Archaeologists work at a dig site following the discovery of a tooth belonging to an early species of human, which was recovered from rock layers presumably dated to 1.8 million years old, near an excavation site in Dmanisi outside the village of Orozmani, Georgia, September 8, 2022. The discovery of the tooth provides yet more evidence that the mountainous south Caucasus area was likely one of the first places early humans settled after migrating out of Africa, experts said. REUTERS/David Chkhikvishvili