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"The origins of El Dorado lie deep in South America. And like all enduring legends, the tale of El Dorado contains some scraps of truth. When Spanish explorers reached South America in the early 16th century, they heard stories about a tribe of natives high in the Andes mountains in what is now Colombia. When a new chieftain rose to power, his rule began with a ceremony at Lake Guatavita. Accounts of the ceremony vary, but they consistently say the new ruler was covered with gold dust, and that gold and precious jewels were thrown into the lake to appease a god that lived underwater"

The truth about the legend of "El Dorado" is:

  • The gold was not a city but a person.

Legend of "El Dorado"

For many centuries there was speculation about a city in South America built in gold that would offer its riches to the person who found it, however, over time it was identified that said legend was just that.

Really what it could be likened to that myth is the ceremony of the Laguna de Guatavita, in which a person was covered with gold dust, hence the name "El Dorado," and was thrown into the lagoon as an offering.

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