But they also hungered for gold, so when they heard from local legends about Cibola, the Seven Cities of gold, their conquistadors launched expeditions to search for the cities. Support Pan-African Journalism SubscribeThe fabulous Seven Cities, according to legend, were established initially by seven alleged Bishops who had fled from the Iberian peninsula after the invasion of the Moors. This began the legend about seven cities of gold, said to be located somewhere in the Sonoran Desert. In May, he reached the Zuni pueblo of Hawikuh, which was apparently the first of the Seven Cities of Cíbola. Thus, as Billy Yates writes in Ancient History, the mystery that surrounds the Seven Cities of Cibola has never been solved.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 07, 2019 21:56 UTC