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Colombia's Indians worshipped gold and used it in their religious ceremonies. As part of the Muisca tribe's accession rites, for instance, a new chief was anointed in gold dust and sent on a raft into a lake, into which he'd hurl gold pieces as an offering to the gods. This ritual spawned the El Dorado legend of the fabled lost city coveted by Spanish conquistadors...
...tiny raft, made of fine gold - a model of the ceremony on the lake - is the Mona Lisa of the collection, kept in a darkened chamber. You can only marvel at the genius of the ancient artisans who crafted this and the equally incandescent jewelry, masks, breastplates (pictured), figurines, urns and - my favorites - funky animal sculptures in the museum...
Anne Taylor, LAKE FOREST...
...LAKE CITY, FLA. Wildfires rage through parts of Florida, California, Georgia and New Jersey...
There is no view of Lake Michigan from the basement conference room of the Chicago Hyatt Regency, nothing to distract from the task at hand. David Hughes is making the rounds. He's met the uniforms from the county sheriff's office, hovered near the the railroad company's booth, peered at the slightly mangy Aflac duck. Nothing offered at this recent job fair resembles his previous occupation, driving and manning guns on a Stryker armored vehicle in Mosul, Iraq. No matter: what he needs is a paycheck with benefits, his first full-time job since separating from the Army...