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I'm reading "Lost City of the Monkey God" by Douglas Preston right now. It's been a highly entertaining first-hand account of (what I think was) the first use of LIDAR for archaeology in the jungles of Central America, and the ground exploration that followed. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who's interested in this story.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01G1K1RTA



You might also be interested in "Breaking the Maya Code" which is a great historical account of the decipherment of Maya script.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Maya-Code-Third-Michael/dp/0...


I loved this book! I think any software engineer would enjoy it.


I just started reading this book last night (my wife listened to the audiobook version several months ago, which caught my interest). Strange how these things "come together"...


That's more of a reflection of how big HN has become than anything else.


I appreciate you using a smile.amazon link.


I'm guessing you were downvoted by mistake.

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