The Golden Raft
Muisca chiefs were covered in gold dust and rowed onto a sacred lake to offer treasure — a real rite that grew into the European legend of El Dorado.
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The Muisca rite that became a legend.
Muisca chiefs were covered in gold dust and rowed onto a sacred lake to offer treasure — a real rite that grew into the European legend of El Dorado.
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