The Symbol of the Mayan Prophecy - The Cousins 9
Author: Mafalda Moutinho
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Publisher: D. Quixote
Edition Number:1
Year of Publication: 2011
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Género literário: Juvenile
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Someone sends André an urgent plea for help via email, containing a strange video and an enigmatic symbol: two red hands. Convinced that Beatriz, a schoolmate, has been kidnapped somewhere in a tropical country, the young man asks his cousins Ana and Maria for help to solve the mystery. Together, they discover that the incident took place in Mexico, to where they immediately depart, embarking on a journey full of adventure and suspense, as if it were a real computer game.
Following in the footsteps of the Spanish conquistadors Cortés and Bernal Diaz, and the American explorer J. Lloyd Stephens, they encounter local priests who threaten them, speaking of the Great Mayan Prophecy. Curious and fearless, THE COUSINS investigate the archaeological ruins of Chichen Itza, Ek Balam, Uxmal, and Tulum, in whose pyramids – mysterious testimonies of the ancient Mayan Civilization – incredible secrets and hieroglyphs are hidden that they will have to decipher to find Beatriz and, who knows, Montezuma's famous Aztec treasure…