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As Muisca descendant Enrique Gonzalez explains, gold does not symbolise prosperity to his people. Recent research by Maria Alicia Uribe Villegas from the Museo Del Oro in Bogota and Marcos Martinon-Torres from UCL Institute of Archaeology has shown that within Muisca society these "gold" objects were made specifically for immediate use as offerings to the gods to encourage them to balance the equilibrium of the cosmos and ensure a stable relationship with their environment.
According to archaeologist Roberto Lleras Perez, an expert on Muisca gold working and belief systems, the creation and use for Muisca metalwork was distinct in South America. I think it is quite unique," he says. The gold objects, like the collection of tunjos votive offerings, most commonly flat, anthropomorphic figures on digital display at the British Museum, were made by using the "lost wax" process - creating clay moulds around delicate wax models before melting them and casting them in gold.
Since all the gold objects in each offering have the same chemical signature as well as unique manufacture traits, it is clear these objects were being specifically made for this offering and may only have been in existence for a matter of hours or days before being deposited. Incredibly, a gold raft depicting a scene exactly like that described by Juan Rodriguez Freyle was found in by three villagers in a small cave in the hills just to the south of Bogota.
This scene of a man covered in gold going out into a sacred lake, such as Lake Guatavita, is the real story of El Dorado. The way this story grew into the myth of a legendary city of gold reveals the distinct way in which gold was a source of material wealth for European conquerors.
They had little understanding of its true value within Muisca society. European minds were simply dazzled by just how much gold must have been thrown down into the deep waters of the lake and buried at other sacred sites around Colombia.
In AD it was these stories of El Dorado that drew the Spanish conquistador Jimenez de Quesada and his army of men away from their mission to find an overland route to Peru and up into the Andean homeland of the Muisca for the first time. Would you like to visit this lake one day? Discuss with a friend or family member. Did you get it? Test your knowledge. What are you wondering? Wonder Words dust vain myth explorers wanderlust particularly supposedly gilded fascinates Take the Wonder Word Challenge.
Join the Discussion. Wonderopolis Jun 14, Thanks for sharing your connection with us, Wonderopolis. Jun 19, Jay Jun 7, Jun 9, Kaylin wonders May 27, Hamza Jun 1, El Dorato actually really coated himself to appease the sun god I saw on YouTube.
Jun 5, Thanks for sharing your connection with us, Hamza! May 30, Related Wonders for You to Explore Match its definition: plural someone who travels into little known regions. Word Match Congratulations! Share results. Play Again Quit. Next Question. Did you know? First Known Use of El Dorado , in the meaning defined at sense 1.
History and Etymology for El Dorado Spanish, literally, the gilded one. Learn More About El Dorado. Get Word of the Day delivered to your inbox!
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