Things to find in Ecuador

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• Cueva de los Tayos, Ecuador Cave
  Start with the truth, because the story got away from this place. In the 1960s a Hungarian named János Móricz said he had found shelves of yellow metal down here holding hundreds of huge golden books. His own wife said she never...
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• The treasure of Llanganates Legend
  One of the great lost-gold legends of South America, and it starts with a documented event. When the Spanish garrotted the Inca Atahualpa in 1533 after taking his ransom of gold, the general Rumiñahui was said to be bringing a...
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Each entry links to the record it came from. Access rules, permits and land status vary by country and are noted where the source states them, check locally before you go.