A recent study of the culture and indigenous groups of Colombia has revealed that the history of the country’s inhabitants is older and more diverse than was first described in historical documents. “Ancient Colombia: A Journey through the Cauca Valley” is an exhibition opening on January 31 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that follows the footsteps of Pedro Cieza de Léon, one of the most important chroniclers of the Spanish conquistadors’ adventures in the Cauca River Valley, as he landed in 1533 in what is now known as Colombia.
