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00:34I need to find another piece.
01:14I need to find another piece.
01:14I need to find another piece.
02:11I need to find another piece.
02:42I need to find another piece.
02:52I haven't finished that task.
03:10I need to find another piece.
03:46I better deliver this to Alejandro right away.
04:18I need to find another piece.
04:48I need to find another piece.
04:48I need to find another piece.
07:48I need to find another piece.
07:52I need to find another piece.
08:12I need to find another piece.
08:41I need to find another piece.
08:42Well, I should probably get going.
08:44Here are the changes to the loan agreement for the Monolith.
08:48I just need your signature, please.
08:53I guess I should give him the contract.
08:59I have some business with Joanna at the museum later, so I will return the contract to her then, after
09:04I have looked it over.
09:11Actually, Alejandro, I think I'm supposed to take them back to Joanna myself.
09:16You may consider your mission accomplished.
09:19Well, okay then.
09:23Goodbye.
09:32Goodbye.
09:51good thing Franklin gave me the museum key.
10:05Come in.
10:11How are the tasks coming along?
10:17When did Henrik come on board?
10:19I got an email from him one day saying he heard the news about Beach Hill getting the monolith.
10:25He said he'd drop everything to come here and translate those glyphs.
10:29He was even willing to take a pay cut.
10:31What can I say except giddy up, you're hired.
10:39Where was he working before?
10:41At the Chaco Canyon Cultural Center in New Mexico.
10:52Why did you become a museum curator?
10:55I became a curator because I want to help make artifacts available to as many people as possible.
11:01That's all that matters, isn't it?
11:03Unless you're Alejandro Del Rio.
11:07I've got work to do.
11:09Go to it.
11:21Let's talk.
11:22Let's go.
11:48Thanks for the amazing picture and-
12:24Just one more tile.
13:00Just one more tile.
13:39Just one more tile.
13:56Just one more tile.
14:03Just one more tile.
14:14Just one more tile.
14:34Just one more tile.
14:46This side looks damaged.
14:50Nancy Drew, or should I say, Detective Drew.
14:55I'm Sinclair.
15:03Who told you I was a detective?
15:05I was at a meeting with the BOD recently, and I caught wind of your appointment and your credentials.
15:11Very impressive, if I do say so myself.
15:19Well, I'm not on a case right now, that's for sure.
15:22I'm the new deputy curator, remember?
15:24So, how's this for a specimen?
15:27Do diamonds count?
15:37Ouch.
15:38Well, they did say you were sharp.
15:40Seriously, though, thank goodness you're here.
15:42I'm afraid the museum may be in terrible jeopardy.
15:46What kind of jeopardy?
15:48Joanna told me to butt out, but I'm so fond of Beach Hill, I just hate to see it fall
15:53prey to scoundrels.
15:55Joanna told you to butt out? Of what?
15:58It's a sensitive subject. Meet me in my office later, and I'll explain everything then.
16:11Where's your office?
16:13707 Bing Cherry Boulevard. I've got to go.
16:16Enjoy your first day at Beach Hill.
16:43Strange supernatural creatures, sometimes called monsters, played an important role in Maya mythology.
16:51These monsters were often associated with the earth, caves, or mountains.
16:58The Bicephalic monster, sometimes called the Celestial or Cosmic monster, may have represented the sunrise or a long journey.
17:11Strain
17:14Ritualized bloodletting was a common practice among the Maya.
17:18In this panel, three captives wear garments associated with bloodletting.
17:23A variety of instruments, including stingray spines, thorns, and bone awls, were employed for this activity.
17:46Strain
17:47Cyclops
17:48And awan
17:53Strain
18:10The Maya kings were often in a protracted state of war with local Cajals.
18:16Here, Bird Jaguar stands to the right as the captured lord kneels at his feet.
18:22The Cajal holds a broken umbrella, a gesture typical of a supplicating captive.
18:41The date on this slab uses the Sultan, or divine calendar, made up of twenty weeks each with
18:48a named day, and thirteen weeks each with a numerical day.
18:53The two types of weeks progress independently of each other.
23:36Anyway, we don't want to make you homesick.
23:39How's the internship going?
23:40So far, so good.
23:42There's a lot of excitement about the upcoming exhibit, especially since we have the Palenque
23:46Monolith.
23:47The who?
23:48The Monolith.
23:49It's a giant block of stone.
23:51The Monolith.
23:51It's a giant block of stone recently excavated from a cave near Palenque in Mexico.
23:55Apparently it's a very big deal.
23:58They think it's 1,500 years old.
24:00So have you seen it.
24:03This Monolith?
24:05This Monolith?
24:06This Monolith?
24:06Yeah, it's humongous.
24:08It's humongous.
24:08It must weigh a ton.
24:09Like how big?
24:10As big as a refrigerator?
24:13Maybe Bigfoot's refrigerator.
24:15Sorry, Nancy, but how would a person tell this monolith apart from, say, some other big rock?
24:21Well, for one thing, it has Maya glyphs carved into it.
24:25Glyphs?
24:26Pictures that represent words or ideas, also known as logographs.
24:31Joanna says the glyphs might be a message from King Pakal.
24:35What kind of message?
24:36We don't know yet.
24:38Henrik van der Heun, Beach Hills epigrapher, is working on a translation.
24:42Who was King Pakal?
24:44He's considered one of the great Maya rulers.
24:47He reigned at the height of the Maya civilization.
24:50Well, Nancy, you're sounding very curatorial.
24:53Very curatorial, indeed.
24:55We've been worried that you would be a little bored without a mystery to solve,
24:58but it sounds like your brain will have plenty to chew on.
25:00The whole Maya culture is a mystery to me at the moment.
25:04The last thing I'm going to be is bored, I'm sure of that.
25:08Speaking of kings, this card game's not over yet, Bess.
25:12Yes, well, I hope you've got plenty of bait for your fishing pole, dear cousin.
25:16Okay, you two. I'll call back later.
25:18Call back soon.
25:19Yeah, and good luck.
25:37He won't be there this late.
25:50BELL RINGS
25:51BELL RINGS
26:16He won't be there this late.
26:38He won't be there.
27:37He won't be there.
27:48He won't be there.
27:49Do you think there's a connection between the two thefts?
27:52Who knows?
27:53I'm just telling you, this community, our friends and colleagues, my people are being systematically trounced by thugs.
28:02Who's to say Beach Hill won't be next?
28:04You've got to do something.
28:10Doesn't Beach Hill have a security system in place?
28:13The museum has a basic alarm system, but it's not exactly state-of-the-art.
28:18I've urged Joanna to approach the board about making some security upgrades, but she just keeps saying that the timing
28:24isn't right to ask for money.
28:28I understand your concern, but what can I do to help?
28:33We need your eagle eyes.
28:35We need your bat ears.
28:37We need you to sniff out the stink of trouble.
28:43I'll do my best, but it sounds like what you really need is a new breed of police dog.
28:49Don't play modest mouse with me.
28:56Modest mouse?
28:57Most people call me Nosy Parker.
29:00But anyway, tell me something about the art business.
29:04Is that a contemporary painting?
29:06You bet your socks it is.
29:08Would you believe I dug it up in my backyard?
29:18No, but I could humor you.
29:20I guess that would make the painting a genuine artifact.
29:24How about that rubber shark?
29:26The artist's name is Poppy Dada.
29:29She's a teenager in South Dakota.
29:31The art world is going bananas over her stuff.
29:35I'll unload that one for some serious De Niro.
29:41Is Poppy Dada her real name?
29:44I don't know.
29:55Joanna says you performed an act of wizardry in helping Beach Hill acquire the Pakal carving.
30:01Getting those provenance docks together was a pig and a half.
30:04Oh, they're on the up and up, I assure you.
30:06But, ah, to have been at the height of my career back before the crackdown.
30:11Those were the days.
30:13What crackdown?
30:15Maybe sometime I'll tell you a sad story I call
30:19How Mexico Lost Its Sense of Humor.
30:22Not today, though, Nancy.
30:30Alejandro says you're unethical.
30:32A modern-day conquistador.
30:34That you're robbing Mexico of its cultural history.
30:37And I say Alejandro is the real bully of the playground.
30:41A lunch money extortionist who loves nothing more than to see the other boys and girls go hungry.
30:58When you sell a piece of art, what kind of commission do you get?
31:03Standard, 10%.
31:04It's no king's ransom.
31:06Unless, of course, you sell something for a million bucks.
31:09Too bad I'm not allowed to put that monolith on the market, huh?
31:14I'd better get going.
31:16Thanks for stopping by.
31:43I'll see you next time.
32:17I'll see you next time.
32:21I love you.
34:50That looks right.
36:35I should talk to Joanna before I touch anything.
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