The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the group disappeared 1,500 years ago.

Around 1500, the Inca Empire ran for over three thousand ... They wrote of palaces walled with sheets of gold, of gold and silver statues of humans and animals, and of miniature golden gardens ...

Steeped in death, conquest, desire, and mystery, the legend of the lost Inca gold is guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains in central Ecuador. Somewhere deep inside the unforgiving Llanganates ...

Most Inca mummies were arranged in the familiar ... Juanita was found wrapped in a cocoon of fine textiles and surrounded by gold and silver statues, bags of corn and other offerings.

Although they left no written records, the Tumaco-Tolita (also spelled Tumaco-La Tolita) people created this gold statue, a rare example of the art form in the ancient Americas. The standing ...

Around 1500, the Inca Empire ran for over three thousand ... They wrote of palaces walled with sheets of gold, of gold and silver statues of humans and animals, and of miniature golden gardens ...