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Lake Guatavita
Lake Guatavita is a small circular lake in the eastern Andes of Colombia, north-east of Bogotá, sacred to the Muisca. In the installation of a new ruler, the chief was covered in gold dust and made offerings of gold on a raft in the lake, the origin of the legend of El Dorado. Spanish and later treasure hunters tried repeatedly to drain it.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lake Guatavita. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lake-guatavita
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- The Epoch Institute. “Lake Guatavita.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lake-guatavita.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Lake Guatavita’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lake-guatavita (Accessed: ).
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