A teenager of 15 years in Quebec, Canada, has formulated a theory that the Maya built cities based on the constellations and in this way managed to make an amazing discovery, showing the precise locations of such hitherto unknown human settlements.
William Gadoury fond childhood Mayan world, found 22 constellations in the Mayan codex, compared them with maps on Google Earth and has realized that correspond to locations of 117 stars Mayan buildings.
In addition, it found that a twenty third constellation has no counterpart and formulated a hypothesis that in a hidden and inaccessible from the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, there is a city unknown and unexplored.
Gadoury was thus transformed into a little star for both the Canadian Space Agency, as well as NASA and JAXA (Japanese Agency).
Satellite surveys conducted by various international space agencies have revealed that there is indeed a pyramid and 30 other buildings where indicated teenager, reports Le Journal de Montreal.
According abc.es, your kid 15 years to discover not just a city but one of the biggest settlements built by the Mayans.
"I do not understand why the Maya built their cities far from rivers, fertile land and not just in the mountains. There had to be a reason and, given that worshiped the stars, I had the idea to check and this hypothesis. I was surprised and excited to realize that the brightest constellations they corresponded most cities. "The teenager told journalists.
Currently, no one has ventured into the jungle to make excavations. Two Mexican archaeologists could see William research and formulated ideas, but nobody has yet moved to the place indicated: "It's a matter of money. Organizing an expedition involves enormous costs. "Explained Armand Larocque, one of the specialists.
Archaeologists have promised that they will take William's expedition once they have the necessary funds to undertake one, thus fulfilling his greatest desire. "It would be the culmination of three years of work and the dream of my life," was the declaration of the adolescent.
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