Tales of 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.

Image caption, Tunjos or offerings to the gods were left in sacred places like lakes and caves Within Muisca society gold, or the more specifically an alloy of gold, silver and copper called ...

Despite the destruction, the Muisca persevered and thousands of their descendants live on today. You may like Tumaco-Tolita gold figurine: A 2,000-year-old statue with a 'fancy nose ornament' from ...

There, he was stripped of his clothes and covered with a resin on which gold dust was sprinkled, leaving him completely covered in gold—hence, “the golden man.” La Balsa Muisca, símbolo de ...

Image caption, Tunjos or offerings to the gods were left in sacred places like lakes and caves Within Muisca society gold, or the more specifically an alloy of gold, silver and copper called ...