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El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ /) is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions – before diving into a sacred lake ...
A Critical Analysis Of The Legends Surrounding The Lost Inca City Of Gold.". International Journal of South American Archaeology (5) Fernando Aparicio Bueno (1998). Paititi: Secret of El Dorado Legend. Gregory Deyermenjian (1999). "Glimmers of Paititi". Mercator's World. 4 (1). Archived from the original on June 30, 2003. Gregory Deyermenjian ...
According to legend, the seven cities of gold referred to Aztec mythology revolving around the Pueblos of the Spanish Nuevo México, modern New Mexico and Southwestern United States. [2] Besides "Cíbola", names associated with similar lost cities of gold also included El Dorado, Paititi, City of the Caesars, Lake Parime at Manoa, Antilia, and ...
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One of the campaigns of Age of Empires II: The Forgotten is called El Dorado and is about the quest of Francisco de Orellana and Francisco Pizarro to find El Dorado, the legendary Lost City of Gold, thought to be hidden somewhere in the vast Amazon rainforest. The campaign is based on De Orellana's first exploration.
El Dorado, mythical city of gold in South America; La Canela, legendary location in South America said to contain large amounts of gold and spices; Lanka, the capital city of Ravana in the epic Ramayana; Paititi, legendary Inca lost city of gold, silver and jewels said to lie east of the Andes in the rain forest
Esteban: Child of the Sun (Japanese: 太陽の子エステバン, Hepburn: Taiyō no Ko Esuteban), known outside of Japan as the first season of The Mysterious Cities of Gold (French: Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or), is a French-Japanese animated series which was produced by MK, NHK, DiC Audiovisuel, CLT and animated by Studio Pierrot.
The zipa used to cover his body in gold dust, and from his raft, he offered treasures to the Guatavita goddess in the middle of the sacred lake. This Muisca tradition became the origin of the legend of El Dorado. Muisca raft in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia Votive objects found at the bottom of Lake Guatavita. British Museum [4]