With no sign of the fabled lost city of El Dorado, treasure hunters in the late 1500s turned their attention to a mythical ...

El Dorado's residents have limited access to banking services. They could sell their gold at one of the dozens of dealers that dot the streets, but most prefer not to.

El Dorado's residents have limited access to banking services. They could sell their gold at one of the dozens of dealers that dot the streets, but most prefer not to.

Tales of El Dorado, its name Spanish for “the golden,” began with the Muisca peoples’ perhaps-mythical account of a tribal chief who, in an initiation rite, coated himself in gold.

Paradise of the Damned: The True Story of an Obsessive Quest for El Dorado, the Legendary City of Gold Keith Thomson. Little, Brown, $34 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-49700-8 ...