Join us as we journey back in time to explore the elusive golden city of El Dorado. From the Muisca people’s origin of the myths to Columbus’ discovery of gold, we trace the history of the many expeditions launched to uncover the truth. Follow Sir Walter Raleigh as he sets off on a quest to find the capital city of Manoa on the shores of Lake Parime. Discover the truth behind Alexander Von Humboldt’s conclusion about the elusive El Dorado.
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If the reluctance of Western archaeologists to believe that the Amazon has such a complex and fascinating history isn't BS racist nonsense I would be shocked. It has a very "the Egyptians COULDN'T have figured out how to buildpyramids" or " the Pacific Islanders could NEVER have reached the West coast of the Americas" sort of racist vibe to it.
Is this a hit or a myth??
Perhaps it’s because geographically I am so close.. but as an American I seem to think that we have always accepted that the Spanish killed millions with disease. Caught me off guard to hear you sound surprised then again.. I could tell you very little about history on that side of the globe as well. Interesting.
Terrible to die because of people's wromg beliefs
Can't imagine a wheel is very helpful in dense forest
Today, a British man tells of the way to El Dorado. But 17 years ago, the Brits showed us the way to Amarillo.
https://youtu.be/ZI5y1cNpbYo
The lost city of "Paititi" is where el dorado comes from. The Paititi version is much more believable. Regardless if truth or lie, elements of useable information can be found. I think Masa Musa was the African King who was so wealthy he needed a big caravan and threw gold to people on the streets during his European Tour.
The idea techniques to create a super soil was lost hurts me more than a city of gold not being real
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erm… I have a Gameboy… play it daily during lunch break at work.
I thought the Columbus thinking he was in Asia when he was in America was only a bullcrap idea taught by under-educated countries. He even called it the Americas in his journals from before his landing…
Spoiler alert: The city of El Dorado was actually found to be made of solid pyrite.
Myths are extraordinarily resilient. When I was working in archaeology, there was purported to be a stash of Aztec treasure secreted by a Spanish army on an area that was now an army base. In the 1960’s, a couple of guys showed up with what they said was a map they’d found in a Trappist monastery that purportedly showed where this treasure was hidden, buried in a cave. However, the military were not impressed when they were found digging without permission on government property, and they were turfed out and subsequently disappeared, but the legend was born. In the 1990’s, my boss managed to get a permit to conduct an archaeological excavation to determine if there was, in fact, any truth to the rumor. So we geared up, and were able to locate the spot where the guys had begun their excavations in the 60’s, and used a well digging rig to punch a hole down a couple of hundred feet. No cave, no treasure. For good measure, we made a cut along the adjacent slope to see if there was a hidden cave entrance anywhere along there, but again, nothing. But after all that, still people were going “well, maybe they got the wrong drainage, maybe it was in the next gully over, maybe….” Legends are so much more interesting than reality, people really don’t want to let go of them.
El Dorado? it's easy to find. It's in Kansas, just east northeast of Wichita
Thank you, Ilze.
im probably wrong about this, but i think in cases where youre diving/digging and find historically significant "hordes" of artifacts/coins you get some sort of compensation at like a single digit percentage of the total value or somesuch thing. like i said. im probably wrong about this.
They found the Roanoke colony dude….
About 244000 metric tons of gold have been found to date. Most of that gold is not from South America. But there are mountains covered with it and/or whole cities. Yeah okay.
When I was a kid, the Mysterious cities of gold cartoon was my favorite thing to watch on the TV, to this day when I hear El Dorado the opening song earworms its way into my head.
Wow Trinidad mentioned in a Fact Boi video😮… love from a long time fan from Trinidad and Tobago!!!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 We have a town here also called El Dorado, not sure if we got it from this myth.
Some folks near me recently got busted for selling gold coins they had found. 7 years each! If they did it legit they would have got less than 10% of coins value when government and land owner take cut. What i don't get is why did they sell the coins as coins. Just melt them down then sell the gold in bar form. Yeah the coins are worth more on black market but that's high risk and your probably going to get busted, these old coins are not exactly common! If however you go legit your get less than melting down and selling the gold bars. So just melt them down and sell bars. Low risk, more money. Simple.
Maybe the real treasure is the prostitutes we met along the way…
Excellent script, Ilze. Thank you. And thank you Simon, for the reading, I really enjoyed this one.
Lapu-Lapu should've told Magellan that there's gold up north in Japan or China or something when he "visited" the Philippines
Oh god! Not those aweful new world tigers!!! From Detroit right?
Here in Greece,is the current governmental family that steals and has for decades stolen the ancient Art.
Simon looking down on cultural mytholgy makes me love to think in a couple hundred to thousand years, people will be scratching their heads in disbelief that people actually subjected themselves to Simon's shows as entertainment. They will remark on how outlandish and insane it is compared to beliefs and past times of their world. Whenever Simon remarks "the past is the worst" they will either burst out in laughter at the irony or shiver in dear at what THAT must have been like comparatively.
fun fact, the mountains of columbia, bolivia, and peru are still full of gold .. white gold, booger sugar, cccocaine. … lots and lots of cccocaine … which is more valuable than gold
There is no “bah” in Simon’s “hel-low ev-ree-bah-deeee”. 😆 Love it.
Elsa loves virtue signaling and a bit of revisionist history…those tribes were constantly warring with one another. Murder, rape and enslavement was all too common…but whatever
Civilized? Yes. More civilized than the invaders? No. Not even close. You spent the first half of the video repeatedly mentioning that some of the tribes were cannibals. What about cannabalism screams civilized?
Of course, that doesnt excuse the attrocities the Europeans commit. Except against the cannibals. Those guys needed to go.
Thank you Simon and Ilze for a very interesting video
Seems my family can never catch a break.
Simon said he's interested in where the myths come from, if you are too there is a fantastic podcast called Our Fake History that talks about just that. I highly recommend it! In the words of the host, it looks at "historical myths to find out what's fact, what's fiction, and what's such a good story that it simply must be told."
I like how the writer implies that the Spanish wouldn't have kidnapped Montezuma if he just met with them lol
I just got my bachelors in archaeology and this summer I'm going to a field school on Bonaire island to excavate shipwrecks. I"m so excited, I hope I find something interesting. My grandpa said we are Yaqui and Aztec, it would be cool to find some of my peoples stolen items.
This is the perfect opportunity for me to suggest covering the fabled Treasure of the Llanganatis. According to the legend, some of the gold for Atahualpa's ransom (as mentioned in the video) never made it to Pizarro, but instead was hidden in the Llanganates mountain range in my homeland of Ecuador. It remains lost to this day, as were (if I remember correctly) the lives of a few who went looking for it. Death, betrayal, mystery, more death, and Conquistadors being dicks: it sounds like a case for Decoding the Unknown!
Simon skeptical? Shocked!
I’m not gonna comment on pronunciation…. I’m not gonna comment on pronunciation… I’m not gonna comment OH FOR CHRISSAKES ITS NOT “RALLY”, ITS “RAH-LEE”!
Signed, your North Carolina fan 😉😂
Thanks Ilsa for drawing a line in the golden sand and sticking to El Dorado….. Always makes me think of that god awful soap ‘Eldorado’ from the early 90’s – absolutely cringeworthy…
Hi Simon! It is me, the Pie vendor whom you met on the way to the fair. Do you not remember? You still owe me a penny. But in lieu of that you can take the local bus, or Uber, to the Josipov district in the city where you currently reside & take some photos of the "Old-New Synagogue" wherein (allegedly) rests the mysterious Golem. No need to make videos of mythical golden cities halfway across the world when you have a big Unknown to Decode right in your own back yard! Also, I approve of your decision to make Big Glasses & Beard your signature look. I have watched some old TopTenz videos from years ago & you look[ed] like a boiled owl.