A 15-year-old Canadian boy has discovered a lost ancient city in the middle of the jungle in Mexico, claimed to be one of the five largest Mayan cities ever found. William Gadoury, from Quebec in Canada, who was interested in Mayan civilisation for years, compared Google Maps and satellite images from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and pinpointed the hidden civilization, which had a 86m high pyramid and 30 buildings in the middle of the jungle.
The Mayan civilisation, which dominated Central America from 1800BC to 900AD, situated their cities according to star constellations. Gadoury noticed that the cities lined up just right with 22 constellations no scientist has every made this link before.
He checked a 23rd constellation using that was near the Yucatan jungle in Mexico, and discovered a lost, hidden Mayan city underneath the stars, CBC news reported.
“Geometric shapes, such as squares or rectangles, appeared on these images, forms that can hardly be attributed to natural phenomena,” said Armand LaRocque, the remote sensing specialist at the University of New Brunswick. Gadoury has named the newly discovered Mayan metropolis K’aak Chi, or Mouth of Fire.