Muisca
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The Muisca were a pre-Columbian culture and colonial communities of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish colonization of the Americas, whose customs lasted up to the beginning of the 19th c
Muisca raft (1200–1500 CE) representation of the initiation of the new zipa at the lake of Guatavita
View of the Eastern Ranges of the Andean natural region Lake Tota is clearly visible
Petroglyphs of El Abra (~11,000 BCE)
A Muiscan ceramic figure, 600–1600 AD
El Dorado
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El Dorado is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The legend originated in 16th-century Spanish accounts of a ruler known as el Dorado, or the Golden One, who was sai
Muisca
…for Muisca handicrafts. The many handicraft works in gold and the zipa tradition of offering gold to the goddess Guatavita contributed to the legend of El Dorado. The Muisca traded their goods at local and regional markets with a system of barter. Items traded ranged from basic necessities to luxury goods. The…
Lake Guatavita in the Cundiboyacan Plateau, which inspired the legend of El Dorado according to the Muisca Golden ceremony
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
A Muisca tunjo