Teenager Discovers Mayan City While He Remains in Quebec

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Jacob

May 10, 2016, 11:33:14 AM
QuoteA teenager from Quebec has discovered an ancient Mayan city without leaving his province's borders.

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. Incredibly, the 15-year-old was the first person to establish this important correlation, reported the Journal de Montreal over the weekend.

Then Gadoury took it one step further. He examined a twenty-third constellation which contained three stars, yet only two corresponded to known cities.

Gadoury's hypothesis? There had to be a city in the place where that third star fell on the map.

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.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/quebec-teen-discovers-ancient-mayan-ruins-by-170620746.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/forgotten-mayan-city-discovered-in-central-america-by-15-year-old-a7021291.html

celedhring

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May 10, 2016, 11:55:54 AM
If they indeed confirm the finding, that's awesome.

alfred russel

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May 10, 2016, 12:06:51 PM
Based on what we learned about the social sciences in that other thread, it seems unlikely that this kid will be a republican.
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Jacob

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May 10, 2016, 12:09:25 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on May 10, 2016, 12:06:51 PM
Based on what we learned about the social sciences in that other thread, it seems unlikely that this kid will be a republican.

:lol:

Valmy

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May 10, 2016, 12:14:30 PM
Well that is pretty freaking amazing. I hope the Mexican Government will suitably recognize his contribution.
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May 10, 2016, 12:21:45 PM
I wonder if Mayan constellation means the way the stars are positioned in the sky or something else.  If the former, that seems like a pretty dumbass method of choosing city locations.

Valmy

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May 10, 2016, 12:27:29 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 10, 2016, 12:21:45 PM
I wonder if Mayan constellation means the way the stars are positioned in the sky or something else.  If the former, that seems like a pretty dumbass method of choosing city locations.

Mystical beliefs have been a dumbass method for humans to do things for a very long time :P
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derspiess

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May 10, 2016, 01:01:33 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 10, 2016, 12:14:30 PM
Well that is pretty freaking amazing. I hope the Mexican Government will suitably recognize his contribution.

You know damned well they'll just steal the poor kid's sunglasses.
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May 10, 2016, 01:05:30 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on May 10, 2016, 12:06:51 PM
Based on what we learned about the social sciences in that other thread, it seems unlikely that this kid will be a republican.

Also, because he's Canadian.
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May 10, 2016, 01:43:41 PM
Neat. Also that fucker.
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May 10, 2016, 01:45:28 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 10, 2016, 01:01:33 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 10, 2016, 12:14:30 PM
Well that is pretty freaking amazing. I hope the Mexican Government will suitably recognize his contribution.

You know damned well they'll just steal the poor kid's sunglasses.

No big deal, Canadians rarely see the sun.
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May 10, 2016, 01:51:43 PM
:cool:
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The Brain

#12
May 10, 2016, 02:24:10 PM
I don't understand how the constellations and map worked.
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Jacob

#13
May 10, 2016, 02:53:24 PM
... and apparently it was a hoax story. Oh well  :(

The Brain

#14
May 10, 2016, 03:49:00 PM
Did they salvage that alien craft in the Baltic btw?
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