Although CNN has chosen to report this ‘discovery’ as something that has happened recently, the discovery of this pyramid is not recent news. According to this Wikipedia entry for El Mirador:

Discovery

El Mirador was first discovered in 1926, and was photographed from the air in 1930, but the remote site deep in the jungle had little more attention paid to it until Ian Graham spent some time there making the first map of the area in 1962.^{[citation needed]} A detailed investigation was begun in 1978 with an archaeological project under the direction of Dr. Bruce Dahlin (Catholic University of America) and Dr. Ray Matheny (Brigham Young University). Dahlin’s work focused primarily on the bajo swamps and mapping, while Matheny’s team focused primarily on excavations in the site center and architecture. This project ended in 1983. To the surprise of the archaeologists, it was found that a large amount of construction was not contemporary with the large Maya classic cities in the area, like Tikal and Uaxactun, but rather from centuries earlier in the Pre-Classic era^{[citation needed]} (see: Mesoamerican chronology). Read the full story

We walk along the surface between patches of tundra and gravel. We are close enough to the coast to see the sand dunes that block the view of the Chukchi Sea. Point Hope, the western-most point of North America, is within walking distance. From the village of Point Hope you look north over the Arctic Ocean, or southwest over the Chukchi Sea. The population of the village is 750, mostly Inupiaq Eskimo with some Caucasians who have chosen to live there. The buildings at Point Hope are mostly small wooden houses, but there are some modern buildings, built since the Prudhoe Bay oil fields opened to provide income to the arctic villages. Prudhoe Bay is far to the northeast, about 450 miles distant. This is a very isolated place.

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Amazing feats like this also cause me to question whether or not a civilization(s) existed in the past that could have been more advanced than we know of due to time covering up their tracks….

‘Massive’ ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem

Story Highlights:
—Made of boulders weighing 4 to 5 tons, the 3,700-year-old wall is 26 feet high
—Archaeologist: “I don’t know how to do it today without mechanical equipment”
—The wall appears to have been used to defend path that led to spring
—Wall is believed to have been built by Canaanites

JERUSALEM (CNN) — An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say. Read the full story

Aug. 13, 2009 — An enormous system of caves, chambers and tunnels lies hidden beneath the Pyramids of Giza, according to a British explorer who claims to have found the lost underworld of the pharaohs.

Populated by bats and venomous spiders, the underground complex was found in the limestone bedrock beneath the pyramid field at Giza.

“There is untouched archaeology down there, as well as a delicate ecosystem that includes colonies of bats and a species of spider which we have tentatively identified as the white widow,” British explorer Andrew Collins said. Read the full story