Mindblowing story of the day.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/quebec-tee...170620746.html
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William Gadoury is a 15-year-old student from Saint-Jean-de-Matha in Lanaudière, Quebec. The precocious teen has been fascinated by all things Mayan for several years, devouring any information he could find on the topic.
During his research, Gadoury examined 22 Mayan constellations and discovered that if he projected those constellations onto a map, the shapes corresponded perfectly with the locations of 117 Mayan cities.
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He examined a twenty-third constellation which contained three stars, yet only two corresponded to known cities.
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Satellite images later confirmed that, indeed, geometric shapes visible from above imply that an ancient city with a large pyramid and thirty buildings stands exactly where Gadoury said they would be. If the find is confirmed, it would be the fourth largest Mayan city in existence.
“I didn’t understand why the Maya built their cities far away from rivers, in remote areas, or in the mountains,” Gadoury told the Journal de Montreal, explaining how he developed his theory.
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Incredibly his work seems to be even more groundbreaking than "just" finding lost ruins. It explains something fundamental about how the Mayans chose the locations of their cities.