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A 16th-century Spanish conquistador set out in the deep jungles of South America to find the elixir of life that was purported to come from the Fountain of Youth springing forth from a tree atop a Mayan pyramid, where he fiercely fought a Mayan high priest.
The brilliant Darren Aronofsky‘s The Fountain is a masterpiece film in magical realism that has romance seeping from its every crevice. The movie is metaphorical and about love spanning centuries with its roots in metaphysics and spiritualism.
Nov 9, 2009 · In pursuit of a rumored fountain of youth located on an island known as Bimini, Ponce de León led an expedition to the coast of Florida in 1513. Thinking it was the island he sought, he sailed...
Apr 2, 2013 · Tales of sacred, restorative waters existed well before the birth of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León around 1474. Alexander the Great, for example, was said to have come across a...
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The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring which allegedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Tales of such a fountain have been recounted around the world for thousands of years, appearing in the writings of Herodotus (5th century BC), in the Alexander romance (3rd century AD), and in the stories of Prester John ...
In St. Augustine, the oldest city in the U.S., there's a tourist attraction dating back a century that purports—albeit in a tongue-in-cheek way—to be the fountain of youth that Ponce de Leon...
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Feb 9, 2010 · The Spanish explorer was searching for the “Fountain of Youth,” a fabled water source that was said to bring eternal youth.
