A previously unknown ancient population has been uncovered in Colombia, revealing a genetic lineage unlike any seen before in ...

The language, part of the Chibcha linguistic family, was previously spoken by the Muisca people, who lived around Colombia's central highlands including the area surrounding present-day Bogotá. Much ...

As Muisca descendant Enrique Gonzalez explains, gold does not symbolise prosperity to his people. "For the Muisca of today, just as for our ancestors, gold is nothing more than an offering ...

One of two rows of rocks is perfectly aligned from east to west and could have represented the calendar of an unnamed people that lived in the area before the Muisca, the people that inhabited the ...

The Muisca, a people whose civilization flourished in the region at the time, were famous for their metal-crafting skills, and their work may have inspired the legend of El Dorado — a legendary ...

Ironically, the Muisca people never associated gold with wealth. "For the Muisca of today, just as for our ancestors, gold is nothing more than an offering... gold does not represent wealth to us ...