The Legend of El Dorado Treasure Mystery

El Dorado could be a treasure hunter's dream. The image of a city full of gold. But for hundreds of years, not one successful expedition had unmasked a mystery. Is El Dorado is just a fairy tale? Or does he really exist?

The Legend of El Dorado provoke curiosity. A number of historical research or private study conducted to uncover the mystery that enveloped him. Visions of gold and precious jewels are buried somewhere in the interior of South America was still warm discussed.

The only ground to reveal the big secret is a legend that spread after five hundred years ago. About the Chibcha tribe, sub tribe of South American Indians who worshiped the sun god. Their ancient mythology quoted by the Spaniards say that the cult was associated with a number of offerings of gold and precious goods such as gemstones.

Chibcha people think gold is a gift from the god of the Sun and should re-dedicated to the god. Then the story up from mouth to mouth mentions that the cult was making merged Chibcha tribes of gold as a shield for the building. So that the temples of their worship is called a gold-coated plate. But there was no evidence left of this estimate.

This story is similar in language Omagua legend known as the Tupi Indian-Guyanese in the territory between Brazil and Guyana. They believed in a legend associated with the gold of El Dorado. But the explorers often interpret El Dorado refers to a city of gold. And in ancient maps they have a name El Dorado is the exact location is unclear.

A Mythology
In ancient beliefs have mentioned about the Goddess Chibcha guardian sacred lake. In addition to the cult of the sun god, goddess worship of holy water is also very popular among Indians in the past.

It began as the story of the Goddess from mythology about a wife's head in the early Chibcha tribe. Because the accused committed a violation of "law" of women who felt right then committed suicide by jumping into a lake.

Purity of heart, and he proved to be a dewi.Maka bertransfromasi this goddess also became guardian sacred lake - which in the old parchments known as Lake Guatavita.

Worship of the goddess was later to become ceremoni Guatavita once a year. At the peak of the ceremony, the whole body of tribal chiefs will Chibcha dilabur with latex and then coated with gold powder. From head to toe. Through certain rituals, tribal chiefs and then paraded to the lake. From there he will be raised to the raft down to the middle of the lake. Arriving in the middle of the lake chieftain would jump into the water and washed his body clean. When this rite performed, the line will throw a ceremony accompanying a number of offerings of gold and jewels into a lake.

This is what is called the ceremony the gold in the language Muisca (Chibcha) is called El Dorado. Is it true this legend?

A report in 1962 mentions the discovery of many spectacular two farmers. In a village near Bogota (Colombia's capital right now) they found a cave a very small hole. Curious, the two farmers are then entered into it and they found gold! This form of gold artefacts of their findings in the form of miniature raft with eight rowers and a chief who is made of gold.

The eight rowers are seated back to the chief of the tribe. This is one strong proof of the legend of El Dorado have been found.

But the dream of abundant gold in El Dorado, was never found until now. Although Lake Guatavita listed on the map, the description was not in accordance with an ancient parchment of the sacred lake real Guatavita. It is said that holy lake existed between the Andes mountains, in a cave which is now closed in the near Bogota. All of the search effort was not fruitless. Sometimes the mystery is not revealed!