第23話: 墜落事故後、隠されたマヤ遺跡でタオは翡翠の仮面と古代の炉の伝承を発見する。

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While continuing to the land of the Mayas, the condor malfunctions and falls from the sky. It comes to a hard landing deep inside a pit where a hidden stairway leads to another ancient city. The ruins are abandoned, but Tao finds a statue of a mysterious winged serpent. The writing on the statue leads Tao to a room lined with hieroglyphs and a jade mask. He tries to read the writing which says that the winged serpent is a Mayan god who built a great furnace. Mendoza wonders if the furnace was used to melt gold. When Pedro and Sancho try to steal the jade mask, they unwittingly activate a trap of crushing blocks from which the group narrowly escapes. Mini-Documentary: The Maya civilization — comparing Mayan building-style to the Incan one. (Source: Wikipedia)