"Kid Uses Star Charts to Find Lost Mayan City" Topic
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12 May 2016 4:12 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Blood and Plunder Buccaneer Game Kick starter Closing!!!" to "Kid Uses Star Charts to Find Lost Mayan City"
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 May 2016 2:45 p.m. PST |
Canadian 15-year-old William Gadoury thinks he has found an abandoned Mayan city located deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Using star maps, Gadoury discovered that 22 major Mayan cities correlated with the brightest stars in constellations. He's the first person, teen or otherwise, to use this method, the Telegraph reports. (So far news reports have been vague about exactly how this alignment works… link |
| mwindsorfw | 10 May 2016 2:57 p.m. PST |
According to Wired, the story is not accurate, "The supposed lost pyramid? More likely an abandoned field." Fun story though. link |
| Col Durnford | 11 May 2016 1:54 p.m. PST |
So ancient astronaut theorist surmise. |
| GGouveia | 11 May 2016 2:27 p.m. PST |
VCARTER, classic line. So according to Ancient Astronaut Theorists… |
| Bowman | 12 May 2016 4:18 p.m. PST |
Yes, because the flaky Maya built their cities according to the arrangement of constellations and not for such mundane reasons like suitable land, arable fields, a sustainable water supply, proximity to trade routes, defensibility, etc. Whatever. |
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