The location became the focus of a popular myth perpetuated by Erich von Däniken about a hidden library of golden plates inscribed with hieroglyphs, variously ...

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The story seems to have originated from a book published in 1975 titled “Gold of the Gods” by Erich von Däniken. In the book, von Däniken ...

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Cueva de los Tayos has been the subject of intense research, exploration, speculation and myth-making since the 1970s when Erich von Däniken first published his ...

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Name Origin: The Cueva de Los Tayos derive their name from the nocturnal birds that dwell within them, known as Tayos (Steatornis caripensis). ...

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While it's unclear when humans first discovered the Cueva de los Tayos, it seems it was long seen as a site of spiritual and cultural ...

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Tayos was also mentioned as the location of Father Crespi's collection of mysterious golden artifacts, given to him by the indigenous people of Ecuador. Ancient ...

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For a decade, Tayos Cave was largely forgotten until Scottish treasure hunter Stan Hall traveled to Ecuador to examine Father Crespi's remaining ...

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In 1964, Juan Moricz claimed that he had found a metallic library and other artifacts of a lost civilization in a cave in Ecuador. Subsequently, ...

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The Cueva de los Tayos is a complex of limestone caves, sculpted over millions of years by the erosive forces of water. Its total extent is ...

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In recent years, the mythology surrounding the Cueva de los Tayos has been largely debunked and dismissed as pseudoscience. Many researchers ...

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