A Teenager Found Long Lost Mayan City
So imagine you're 15, and you get bored. of playing video games instead to pass The time you decide to give some attention to an old hobby of yours Tracking down lost Mayan cities you've heard that some ancient civilizations are said to have built entire cities Based on constellations, so you decide to Check out whether that was true for the Mayans, you find a book containing all.
The constellations of the Mayan Civilization is believed to exist. You open. good old Google Maps and map every Ancient Mayan City discovered a day you. Start seeing this Information. actually matches and truly the biggest Ancient Mayan cities correspond to the brightest and biggest stars of the Mayan Constellations okay, this is getting.
Interesting you managed to map out over 100 ancient cities when you suddenly Notice something strange there's an area. in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico where Archaeologists have two on Earth Mayans. cities but on the constellation map There are three stars. Could this mean There is a long-lost city waiting to be Discovered nearby, you might think this.
Sounds too daydreaming, but the story is actually true the previous account happened to a Canadian teenager named William Gathering, the boy, is known as a Science genius and had even won an award. For the consolation Theory, we presented Just now, when he noticed that a third The City was missing from the 23rd Constellation he was examining, he began.
to scour the internet for satellite Pictures that could help him solve this a Mystery, he looked into images from NASA JAXA, a Japan-based satellite company and Google Earth, these images were still. insufficient to answer his questions so He reached out to a friend inside the The Canadian space agency, his friend provided him with state-of-the-art Satellite imagery gave him the The answer he was looking for, according to In the images, there is a large square area. right on the border of Mexico and Belize Which looks like the remains of a city William took the images to a remote The sensing expert is known as Dr. Armin Laroque.
From the University of New Brunswick They studied the images thoroughly and Concluded that the area could be housing 30 buildings and even a large pyramid the scientific and archaeological The community went crazy with the 15 years.
Olds discovered could this really be True, some background lost Mayan cities. began to be Unearthed in the mid 20th a Century since then, ruins from cities Such as Tikal palenque and oxmall have Been rediscovered the Mayans were one of the biggest pre-Columbian civilizations Living in the Americas, they began to Settle in the area as early as 1500 BCE Experts believe that at its height the Mayan civilization consisted of over 40 cities with a population of millions of People, that's a crowd and their cities.
Were pretty interesting. Their Civilization spanned over Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Guatemala and Belize They survived mainly on agriculture so They developed complex irrigation. system in most of their cities they built a series of ceremonial buildings pyramids, plazas, and even Courts for ball games The Mayans were Keen pyramid Builders.
But they also developed an advanced an astronomical system with whatever Ancient technology they had, they were able to predict the exact location of planets such as Venus and Mars, and they were able to predict the exact dates of Eclipses that's why the methodology.
William used to discover this long-lost. Mayan City was unusual but not. Completely surreal that the Mayans were Keen. Astronomers, so it wouldn't be too. Strange that they built their major architectural Feats in relation to the Sky would like it, and they wouldn't be the They are the first ones to be doing so. There is a famous Fringe of egyptology dedicated to Studying how the Giza pyramids were built-in, perfect alignment with the Orion constellation means that each.
The Pyramid was purposely built to align with one of the major stars of Orion A belt, according to William, first had the idea to look at the Mayan constellations because he couldn't Understand why the Mayans built their Cities where they built the most major cities such as Chichen Itza and oxma aren't near any rivers or significant Bodies of water instead they're built on marginal lands and on top of mountains Which confuses the 15 years.
Old his next Thought was that it might have something. To do with astronomy, William named the New City, he discovered the mouth of fire. Which is also my nickname and he even. won a mirrored award for his hard work However, his theory was very much. contested inside the archaeological Community, and many Mayan experts work to Debunk Williams findings some Archaeologists say that constellation.
Theories are too unscientific, Anthony. Avani, a renowned Anthropologist and Astronomer referred to William's methodology as an act of creative Imagination, he explained that there is no way to be sure what the Mayan Constellations really were it's all just.
Hypothetical another debunking of William's findings came from mionist David Stewart said that the object. Identified on the satellite imagery is nothing but an old cornfield, his claim It was supported by an expedition that took place near the area in 2021 when the The archaeologist present reported there was nothing at all in this area still a 15 Year old boy almost found a long-lost ayan City, which is pretty exciting if You ask me about similar techniques as those.
Used by William are actually being used to unearth lost civilizations all over the world according to space archaeologist Sarah parquet's satellite Imagery has been a key player in discovering ancient cities in Egypt and Other places Sarah herself spends most.
Of her days scouring images for any sign Of where there could have been cities Long ago, what happens, she says, is that. Anytime you have something buried, it's going to be covered either by vegetation soil or sand or some other modern construction on top of it in order to Assess whether there is something hidden under large canopies of vegetation or Not she uses infrared technology for instance A recent major discovery in Brazil was done in a similar way to satellite imagery detected a network of trenches dating Back to 200 to 1200 CE, these suggest Settlements that could have supported around 60 000 people, but in this case The satellite imagery did indeed.
Correspond to what was on the ground researchers from the University of Florida found several Mounds that were accompanied by ditches and geoglyphs Archaeologists also found remnants of carefully designed walls centered around closets, much like the type of Construction was done by the ancient Mayans.
Advances in Satellite Tech have also Shed new light on long-discovered ancient Mayan cities such as Tico located in the heart of the Guatemalan Jungle decals are believed to have been the capital of the ancient Mayan Empire At its height, it was comparable in importance to cities such as London or New York, in today's world, was composed of a series of complex Monuments, many of them believed to have been the resting places of kings and Chiefs tecol is already known to have Been big, but recent discoveries show it.
Could have been even three times larger Than what scientists originally believedThe main Discovery revolves around a fortification on the outskirts of the city indicating how far the original City stretched, and new discoveries still.
Take place in 2017, researchers also. Unearth new Clues regarding the potential causes of the decline of the Mayan civilization used data from a Side in Sea Wolf, located 62 miles Southwest of Tico, scientists analyzed radiocarbon data from Ceramics and archaeological excavations to extract new Information about the sudden demise of this great civilization the The Information shows that instead of a sudden collapse, the Mayans most likely collapsed in waves of social instability And political crises.
These events are believed to have deteriorated Mayan City Centers and began causing the dispersion. Of the Mayan population, well, it seems. Like it's a prime time to uncover Ancient ruins, what do you say? Will you Give it a try as well.
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