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* DesmondBagley's novel ''TheViveroLetter'' involves a lost Mayan city called Uaxuanoc, which the protagonist and his companions are searching for, following a letter written by a Spanish conquistador named de Vivero to his sons describing a city with buildings literally covered in gold, urging them to gather an expedition and find it. The letter came accompanied by two gold seemingly innocuous trays that turn out to be two halves of a TreasureMap leading to the city. Later on, though, when the protagonist asks his archaeologist companions about the gold, he gets laughed at. The archaeologists never bought the gold part for a second, knowing that the Yucatan Peninsula doesn't have any gold deposits. All gold the Mayans had was accumulated through trade and conquest for many centuries. However, TheMafia following them might not know that. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the guy in charge of TheMafia expedition understands this but also knows the archaeological value of artifacts found at the site, especially on the black market]]. The real reason de Viveo lied to his sons was because he fully understood that only the glint of gold could get them to undertake such a journey halfway across the world. In fact, what he wanted them to see was [[spoiler:the image of Jesus seemingly etched on the side of a mountain, which is nothing more than a strange coincidence]].

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* DesmondBagley's novel ''TheViveroLetter'' involves a lost Mayan city called Uaxuanoc, which the protagonist and his companions are searching for, following a letter written by a Spanish conquistador named de Vivero to his sons describing a city with buildings literally covered in gold, urging them to gather an expedition and find it. The letter came accompanied by two gold seemingly innocuous trays that turn out to be two halves of a TreasureMap leading to the city. Later on, though, when the protagonist asks his archaeologist companions about the gold, he gets laughed at. The archaeologists never bought the gold part for a second, knowing that the Yucatan Peninsula doesn't have any gold deposits thanks to its geological structure. All gold the Mayans had was accumulated through trade and conquest for many centuries. However, TheMafia following them might not know that. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the guy in charge of TheMafia expedition understands this but also knows the archaeological value of artifacts found at the site, especially on the black market]]. The real reason de Viveo lied to his sons was because he fully understood that only the glint of gold could get them to undertake such a journey halfway across the world. In fact, what he wanted them to see was [[spoiler:the image of Jesus seemingly etched on the side of a mountain, which is nothing more than a strange coincidence]].

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