El Dorado: The True Legend Unveiled

You've heard the legend of El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold. But the real story

is even crazier... EL DORADO: The TRUE Story. "El Dorado" doesn't mean "Golden City."

It means "The Gilded One." And it was a person, not a place. The myth came from

the Muisca people of ancient Colombia. To crown a new chief, or Zipa, they held a sacred

ceremony at Lake Guatavita. The new chief was covered head-to-toe in gold powder.

He sailed into the lake on a raft and jumped in—washing the gold off as an offering to the

gods! Spanish explorers heard the tales of a "Golden Man" and a gold-filled

lake, and their imaginations took over. They spent centuries hunting for a city