The Aztec emperor Moctezuma II (1466-1520) famously showered Cortés with lavish gold gifts. In 1520, Spain was enraptured by reports from the Conquistador Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) of the riches of the New World. Undoubtedly the most famous legend of a lost city of gold is that of El Dorado, a term now almost synonymous with a naïve quest for riches (as well as a short-lived British soap opera from the 1990s). Was it the hidden fortress of a band of refugee Conquistadores, or a mirage typical to the tales of weary travellers? Whatever the basis of the story, no evidence of the city has ever been found. Later becoming entangled with other legends, this ‘Enchanted City’ was said to make those who happened upon it wildly rich. The city in this account was said to have been destroyed around a century later. Everything in the palace from plates, chairs and utensils were of solid gold or silver. The temples of the city were said to be covered in silver and could be seen gleaming for miles around. The Caesars was said to be located on an island in Lake Puyehue, east of Osorno in Chile. The City of the Caesars (Spanish: Ciudad de los Césares (or simply, Los Césares) is a myth that takes us to the other end of the South American continent.Īn 1836 book tells of a city built in 1599 by fleeing Spanish colonists. Nara took out three westerners on three different trips in the 1980s to discover Akakor – they never came back, but Nara did.Īkakor, if it ever existed, remains undiscovered. In 1979 Nara and a Swiss man named Schmid claimed to have found Akahim, though they were unable to bring back any evidence of their find, Schmid having lost, he said, his camera and film. According to Nara, thousands of years ago an alien race came from a star system called ‘Schwerta’ and built a series of extensive underground cities in South America, including the hidden Akakor, Akanis and Akahim, but also the known cities of Cuzco and Machu Picchu.Īkahim, connected to the distant Akakor, was said by Nara to be on the border of Brazil and Venezuela. Nara claimed the history of his people was written down in a chronicle which stretched back to 10,041 BC. Nara told a reporter in the 1970s that his people were from Akakor, and his impeccable German was down to the fact that he was born to an indigenous Brazilian father and a German missionary mother. Read more about: Curse of Lost Amazon Gold 'It'd be very easy to just vanish': Megan Hine on hunting for the lost city of Akakor
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