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21 Years Ago, Central America
“When word of this gets out, things are going to get dangerous,” commented Isabella to the native worker standing next to her. “Keep your eyes open for looters and robbers.” Her companion nodded. The city was their heritage, it would be protected. This American woman had returned to them the home of their gods.
They stood on a high bluff overlooking the crowning achievement of her young career, the discovery of the lost Mayan city of Itchen Balam. Spread across the landscape below, exposed to the world for the first time in over 500 years, the light of the sun once again shines upon the great temples and palisades of the Mayan Gods.
It had taken weeks to clear away the jungle growth, expose the ancient stones of the temple and begin to reveal the st
