Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada discovered Lake Guatavita and also the rituals of the Muisca tribe in 1537. Quesada, as well as explorers that followed, surmised a fortune in gold lay at the bottom in the lake, just after witnessing or hearing in the elaborate choices made by the locals. In 1545, explorers Lázaro Fonte and Hernán