The 15-year-old boy found the ancient city of Maya in the jungle

15-year-old William Gadoury in Canada became the first to discover the location of the forgotten Maya city in the Mexican jungle with satellite images and ancient astronomical knowledge.

According to the International Business Times, male students from Quebec, Canada, hypothesized that the Mayans chose to build towns and cities according to some important constellations. Using satellite images of the Canadian Space Agency, the boy identified the location of an anonymous Mayan city on the Google Earth map and named it K'aak Chi or Fire Mouth.

William Gadoury was awarded an honorary medal by the Canadian Space Agency for his discovery of the ancient Mayan city.(Photo: Pulse).

Thanks to his groundbreaking hypothesis and discovery, Gadoury was awarded an honorary medal by the Canadian Space Agency. The boy will officially announce the discovery at the International Science Exhibition in Brazil early next year, and publish the report in a scientific journal.

"I don't understand why the Mayans built cities away from rivers, farmlands and hills. They must have other reasons. When they know they worship the stars , they decide to prove their hypothesis. I was very surprised and excited to find that the brightest stars in the constellation also correspond to the largest Mayan cities, " Gadoury said.

"The interesting thing about Gadoury's project is the depth of the study . The connection of the star position to the lost city location and the use of satellite imagery on a very small scale to determine the burial trail buried beneath dense vegetation is an excellent idea! " , Daniel De Lisle, representative of the Canadian Space Agency, commented.

Ancient Maya city location on Google Earth map.(Photo: The Independent).

After analyzing the 22 constellations of the Maya and combining it with the map, Gadoury sees the shape of each constellation corresponding to the exact location of 117 Maya cities. When analyzing the 23rd constellation, he thought that the city of 118 was more likely to be located in a relatively remote area on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

"Finding the artificial structure hidden in the jungle in Yacatan is not difficult, the great thing is that the use of satellite images as well as digital image processing software helps identify these structures and confirmed their existence after hundreds of years of neglect , " said Dr. Armand LaRocque of the University of New Brunswick, Canada, a remote sensing expert.