A German scientist claims to have cracked the code called Maya Dresden and discovered one of its chapters for specific information which would lead to a great treasure of gold from a vanished culture in the waters of Lake Izabal in Guatemala.

"The Dresden Maya Code leads to a huge treasure in Guatemala than eight tons of pure gold," said Joachim Rittsteig mathematician, 40 years studying the document, in remarks published on Monday the German newspaper Bild.

It adds that "on page 52 speaks of the Maya capital of Atlan, which was destroyed by an earthquake on 30 October in the year 666 BC. The city is guarded 2000 156 golden tablets on which the Maya recorded their laws. "

The treasure was buried near the city in the waters of Lake Izabal, located east of Guatemala, whose remains were found by the German scientist, thanks to radar images taken in the area.

"They can clearly see the remains of the city. In the ruins of a fortress can be seen the stone sarcophagus where they could find the tables 2 000 156 gold. The information I have shown the place with a margin of error 10 cm "said Rittsteig.

The expert, who is currently seeking sponsors for an expedition to Guatemala, estimates that "only the value of gold in the tables stands at 211 million euros (290 million dollars).

Dresden Maya Code, drafted on the year 1250 AD by Mayan priests, is one of the four major documents that remain from that culture and is held by the Saxon State Library, East Germany, since 272 years.

The code was discovered in 1739 in the hands of a wealthy man in Vienna, without knowing how he came to his hands, who gave it to the library in Dresden, which keeps it under glass in his room shielded documentary treasures.

Joachim Rittsteig has devoted almost his entire life to decipher the valuable document, composed by 74 pages long and 3.56 meters for a total of 74 different hieroglyphs.

Dresden Maya Code contains almost all knowledge of Mayan culture, including astronomical and medical, and in his last sheet describes the apocalypse or end of the world, which should take place on December 21, 2012.

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