Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia runs from October 17 to March 23.

El Dorado was a mythical city said to be rich with gold, first reported in Europe ... claiming that their journeys of exploration into the interior had been in search of it. This is demonstrated ...

and their work may have inspired the legend of El Dorado — a legendary city made of gold. Between 1537 and 1540, the Spanish conquered the region, and many of the Muisca were killed during ...

La escena muestra el origen del mito de El Dorado. La leyenda habla ... of that year with a considerable amount of gold but no news of the legendary city. On his return, he wrote a fantastical ...

Despite finding nothing of the legendary leader, the Spanish maintained control of the area for its natural resources. As the quest to discover El Dorado grew, so did the legend itself. What was once ...

An ancient city ... El Dorado, its name Spanish for “the golden,” began with the Muisca peoples’ perhaps-mythical account of a tribal chief who, in an initiation rite, coated himself in gold.

Our obsession with gold spans many eras and nationalities. Our lust for this shiny metal gave rise to the myth of El Dorado, a lost city of gold waiting to be discovered by adventurous conquerors.

is the real story of El Dorado. The Muisca Raft is on display at the Gold Museum in Bogota The way this story grew into the myth of a legendary city of gold reveals the distinct way in which gold ...