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The Rhapta Key
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When Alex Hunt’s mother tragically dies during her lifelong quest to find Africa’s ancient lost city of Rhapta, Alex develops Agoraphobia — an unnatural fear of specific places and situations. She vows to never go on another archaeological expedition again.
So when her father, Professor Charles Hunt, Head of Archaeology at a prestigious British University mysteriously disappears several years later, it forces her out of hiding to find him.
With nothing to lose, battling her worse fears and with the mighty University behind her, she travels to Tanzania, Africa in search of her missing father.
Travel Guide
Tanzania and the Lost City of Rhapta
Based on the true legend of Rhapta The preface of the novel – the start of the journey:
“About 2000 years ago, Rhapta was speculated to be the first real metropolis of AFrica. The lost city was substantially known for its abundant produce of tortoise shell and metal weapons amongst traders.
Rhapta soon became one of the wealthiest cities in the world and was mentioned in the Greco-Egyptian writer, Claudius Ptolemy’s book Geography
The fact that he captured his findings in his writings proves that they knew of th e city’s existence as far back as 50 AD
But approximately 1600 years ago, at the peak of its existence, the entire city suspiciously disappeared.
The city vanished without any trace and with its took bounds of artifacts and architectural insights.
For years, archaeologists, scholars and divers have been baffled by its disappearance. The exact location is not known. However it is believed to have been somewhere off the coast of TAnzania near Mafia Island
A recent accidental discovery by a diver in 2016 has the world excited with the prospect that he has found Rhapta
At present they are in search of artifacts or any proof that the suspected ruins are conclusively ruled to have been The Lost city of Rhapta.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Rhapta Key
Destination : Tanzania (Rhapta) Author/Guide: Urcelia Teixeira Departure Time:2000s
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