Canadian William Gadoury, 15, has discovered an ancient
Maya city in the Yucatan jungle without leaving home while reviewing satellite
images on his computer, local media report.
Gadoury,
who admits being fascinated by the Maya civilisation, discovered that the
location of bright stars in various constellations corresponded to the location
of 117 known Maya cities.
The correlation
between the constellations and Maya cities is an observation never before made
by archaeologists and scientists studying the Mesoamerican civilisation, which
fell apart before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Gadoury noticed
that two of the stars in a certain three-star constellation corresponded with
two known cities but the third star did not have a known counterpart city, and
so he began investigating if the third star could also have a match.
The teen began
studying satellite images he had requested from the Canadian Space Agency until
he found what appeared to be human-built structures overgrown by foliage deep
in the Yucatan jungle in southeastern Mexico.
The CSA, NASA
and Japan's space agency have all verified that the structures discovered by
Gadoury include a pyramid and about 30 buildings of what seems to be one of the
Maya civilisation's largest cities.
Gadoury has
named the newly discovered city K'aak Chi, which means "Mouth of
fire" in the Maya language.
Originally published as Canada
teen, 15, locates ancient Maya city
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