Manoa del Dorado
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Monoa del Dorado; El Dorado; The City of Gold.
Whatever you wish to call it, it is the next stop on the tour of mythical
wonders. The City of Gold, for that was what it was called by the Spaniards, was
mainly just a story told by the Indians of Peru (Incans) to get the Spaniards
away from their towns. It was said to be located somewhere in plains east of the
Andes Mountains. Some different stories of this mysterious city got mixed with
each other. Some said that it was multiple cities ruled by the king, Manoa.
Others said that there was one city called El Dorado. The two names mixed and
the city was then called Manoa del Dorado. Later, the Spaniards changed the
story yet again, saying that this golden city was where all of the Incans fled
when Spanish invaded, and were living with many treasures of their empire.
But this story didn’t
just appear out of thin air. It was based off of an Incan myth. It was said that
El Dorado, the gilded man, was a king covered in gold powder that would appear
by a lake twice a year. He would push a raft filled with gold and other
treasures into the middle of the lake. The people would reenact this story with
one of their own men and treasures.
Author: Wonder Club
Name
of website: Wonder Club
Page
or article title: The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Date
of posting/revision: August 30, 2000
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of company/institution affiliated with the website:
Date
you visited the site: February 2, 2008
Website address:
http://wonderclub.com/WorldWonders/CatacombsHistory.html
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