The most interesting facts about Venezuela include the world’s tallest waterfall, megadiverse flora and fauna and an ...

Ajiaco is Colombia's signature, thick, fragrant soup, particularly popular in Bogotá. Three native potatoes — small yellow ...

English is widely spoken but not all Costa Ricans speak English. There are also five indigenous languages spoken in Costa Rica as part of the Chibcha language family. Costa Rica has natural reserves ...

While its name comes from chibcha, the Panamanian word for "maize," it isn't limited to corn anymore. Over the centuries, ...

Providing us with what is potentially the most realistic claim to being the source of the El Dorado legend, the lake is an ancient and sacred ceremonial site for the Chibcha people, who allegedly ...

It's Out Of This World!By Andrew Wight CHIA is named after the goddess of the Moon, in the Chibcha language, which was once spoken by the Muisca, an ancient civilization that once inhabited the ...

Turning west again, some familiar traits are encountered in the Chibcha pottery in the Bogotá region. The centres of cultural development in Venezuela are two in number (Cruxent & Rouse, p. 263) : one ...

Sharkey, Heather J. 2005. Empire and Muslim conversion: historical reflections on Christian missions in Egypt. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, Vol. 16, Issue ...