PROJECT

LUMEN ANTIQUA

Things just keep getting older.

In 2024, researchers found traces of 2,500-year-old cities in the Amazon rainforest — complete with a complex network of farmland and roads.

In 2023, Ocomtun, a lost Mayan city that was likely abandoned more than 1,000 years ago, was uncovered, along with 50-foot-tall (15.2-meter-tall) structures resembling pyramids, pottery and engravings.

Before that, two remarkably large sites (147 ha and 315 ha) in a dense four-tiered settlement system tied to the Casarabe culture (around ad 500 to ad 1400)in the Llanos de Mojos savannah–forest mosaic, southwest Amazonia.

Each of these discoveries were made thank to the use of LIDAR (light detection and ranging).

And there’s a lot more out there still waiting to be discovered.

Project Lumen Antiqua

The issues facing researches are two-fold:

  1. The size of the land area to search is enormous

  2. Funding is hard to come by

We can’t do anything about the vastness of the Amazon.

But we can donate funds to researchers looking for these lost civilizations.

Our goal is to fund research teams using LIDAR with the hopes of mapping cities currently hidden.

If you’re interested in participating, donate via the button below.

Or email us at → la@ameliamoon.co

About Project Lumen Antiqua

Combining Lumen (Latin for "light") and Antiqua (Latin for "ancient"), we are searching for the "Light of the Ancients."

Lumen Antiqua emphasizes the dual role of our project: the scientific aspect (using light-based LIDAR technology to scan and reveal) and the historical or archaeological aspect (discovering and bringing to light ancient and lost worlds).

Questions? Email us → la@ameliamoon.co