Miguel Triana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1859
Place of Birth: Bogotá, Colombia
Date of Death: 30-Apr-1931
Profession: historian
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Miguel Triana
- Miguel Triana Ruiz de Cote (Bogotá, Granadine Confederation, 26 November 1859 - Bogotá, Colombia, 29 April 1931) was a Colombian engineer and Muisca scholar.
- He is best known for his 1922 publication La Civilización Chibcha; "The Muisca civilisation".
- Triana wrote a number of books about the Muisca and their culture.
- Miguel Triana especially contributed to the knowledge of the religion, society and the creation of rock art throughout the Muisca Confederation.
- Triana was the first Colombian investigator relating the Muisca culture with the pictographs.
- He described hundreds of rock paintings and carvings in his book El jeroglÃfico Chibcha.
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