This would be a
great story if it's true. But according to some Updates at
Gizmodo the experts are not buying it.....
"Thomas Garrison, an anthropologist at USC Dornsife and an expert in remote sensing, says these objects (supposed buildings) are relic corn fields....."I applaud the young kid’s effort.....the rectilinear nature of the feature and the secondary vegetation growing back within it are clear signs of a relic milpa (corn field). I’d guess its been fallow for 10-15 years."
"... Ivan Šprajc from the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies in Slovenia....says the Maya were very good astronomers, and that they were interested in certain stars and celestial objects, but he’s skeptical that these charts can be used to reveal the location of Maya sites. As he told Gizmodo:
"Very few Maya constellations have been identified, and even in these cases we do not know how many and which stars exactly composed each constellation. It is thus impossible to check whether there is any correspondence between the stars and the location of Maya cities. In general, since we know of several environmental facts that influenced the location of Maya settlements, the idea correlating them with stars is utterly unlikely.""
http://gizmodo.com/teen-discovers-lost-maya-city-using-ancient-star-maps-1775735999?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflowWait and see, but I hope the kid doesn't get discouraged.