Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Teen Discovers Lost Maya City Using Ancient Star Maps

http://gizmodo.com/teen-discovers-lost-maya-city-using-ancient-star-maps-1775735999

"I did not understand why the Maya built their cities away from rivers, on marginal lands, and in the mountains," explained Gadoury in Le Journal de Montreal. "They must have had another reason, and as they worshiped the stars, the idea came to me to verify my hypothesis. I was really surprised and excited when I realized that the most brilliant stars of the constellations matched the largest Maya cities."

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