A professor claims to have found clues to the location of an 8-ton Mayan treasure in the Dresden Codex
A professor claims to have found clues to the location of an 8-ton Mayan treasure in the Dresden Codex.
We are always amazed by the adventures of treasure hunting
as depicted in the films Indiana Jones and the National Treasure. But for
Joachim Rittsteig, the real adventure is just about to begin because he claims
to have found a clue that leads to the location of a Mayan treasure. He found
the clue in the hundreds of-year-old Dresden Codex.
It should be noted that Joachim is not a dreamer who watches too many adventure films. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Dresden who has studied Mayan culture for 40 years. He is also a Mayan linguist, and one of the objects of his research is the Dresden Codex, which contains notes on Mayan culture.
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| Izabal Lake, Guatemala |
The Dresden Codex, or Codex Dresdensis, is itself one of the
four main documents that still remain from the Mayan culture. This document was
first written by Mayan priests in 1250 AD. This document has 74 pages with 74
different hieroglyphs. If stretched, the length is up to 3,56 meters. Experts
believe that this document is the oldest document ever written on the American
continent.
The Dresden Codex was written on paper made from fig tree trunks and was written by eight different writers with different writing styles. Each of them also covered a different subject.
There are treatises on astronomy that contain tables of
Venus and the Moon with amazing accuracy. The lunar table has intervals that
correlate with eclipses. While the Venus table correlates with the movement of
the planet in space.
It also includes an almanac, astrological tables, information on seasons, floods, diseases, remedies, religious references, and advice on planting times.
Apart from that, this codex is also what many people think
has predicted the destruction of the earth in 2012 because at the end it is
told about the earth being drowned by water coming out of the dragon's mouth.
The first time the Codex was widely known to the public was
in 1739, when Johann Christian Gotze, director of the Royal Library in Dresden,
purchased it from a private collector in Vienna, Austria. How the Codex
originally came to be in Vienna is not known for certain. However, there is
speculation that the Codex may have been presented by Hernando Cortes to
Charles I, King of Spain, at that time.
As we know, Hernando Cortes was the Spanish conquistador who
succeeded in controlling most of Mexico in the early 16th century, including
the Aztec empire, which he managed to overthrow in 1521.
After being acquired by Gotze, in 1744, the Codex was given to
the Royal Library in Dresden where it exhibited for the first time in 1848.
During World War II, the codex was seriously damaged by
bombing. Twelve of the pages were damaged and other parts were destroyed.
However, ongoing restoration efforts have succeeded in restoring it so that it
can be studied today.
Who would have thought that this document, which was
originally only considered to have historical value, actually contained clues
about a very valuable treasure.
"The Dresden Codex has clues pointing to eight tons of
pure gold." Said Joachim Rittsteig.
Sponsored by the German newspaper Bild, he has prepared an
expedition to Lake Izabal, where he believes the treasure is kept.
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| Joachim Rittsteig |
According to Rittsteig, page 52 of the codex mentions a Mayan city named Atlan, which was destroyed by an earthquake on October 30, 666 BC. In this city, they kept 2,156 gold bars on which the laws of the Maya tribe were engraved.
When the city was destroyed by an earthquake, the gold sank
into Lake Izabal, which is east of Guatemala.
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| Izabal Lake Satellite Image |
Rittsteig claims to have found the ruins of the city of Atlan with radar images taken of the area.
He estimated that the entire gold bar was worth around 290
million US dollars. This is a very large number, even by today's standards. If
this treasure is found, it is certain that its historical value will be far
more valuable than its material value.
Apart from the problem of property, there is one more
interesting thing in Rittsteig's words. You may have noticed that the name of
the Mayan city that was destroyed by the earthquake is Atlan.
Remember something?
Yes, Atlantis was also destroyed by an earthquake around
10,000 BC. Of course, what distinguishes the two cities is the very long span
of destruction, nearly 9,000 years.
If we can't find the mysterious Atlantis, maybe we can still find the city of Atlantis full of gold bars. And I think that, too, would be something very interesting.
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