Famous findMade about AD 1295 to 1410 · found 1969
The Muisca Raft: the golden legend of El Dorado, found in a Colombian cave
In 1969 a farmworker found a small gold model of a raft carrying a chief and his attendants in a cave above Pasca, near Bogotá. It brings to life the ceremony behind the legend of El Dorado, and it is the most famous object in Colombia's Gold Museum.