Facts About the Incas

Many archaeologist and investigators have underestimate the complexity of the incas culture; The true is that they develop medicine remedies and treatments, art styles, magnificent pottery, technology in many fields, weapons development, complex metallurgy processes, war strategy, amazing architecture and much more.

The inca art expression goes from music, textile, carving wood, carving stone, metallurgy art and even poetry; The inca people did not have writing, so the poetry was pass from father to son in shape of tales and verbal traditions.

The inca pottery was simple and functional, the incas produce two kind of ceramics, the ceremony style and the massive production ceramics, they were in limited shapes and with a very simple geometrical decorations with stylized images of animals and day by day activities.

The inca technology had a great understanding of mathematics, agriculture, advance development of crops, medicine, hydraulics, astronomy, architecture and military strategy.

The inca people create inca masks for ceremonies and religious activities, but not so often for burial ceremonies like the cultures before them; The inca artisans designs were looking for the functionality of the mask.

The inca trail roads system has more than 23000 kilometers of built paths, this roads were build on a strict harmony with the natural environment.

The inca gold was not inherited by your descendants, so when the owner died all his gold was buried with him, reason why all the best gold collections where found in tombs.

The golden chest apron was joined together on the shoulders, tie on the sides with textiles, some of them protect the entire thorax; They were a remarkable piece of inca jewelry.

The most important set of inca weapons were the axes and truncheons with sharp stars of stone or copper.

The inca pyramids were made with mud bricks of clay, mixed with dry straw of corn plant, as binding material; When the incas found a pyramidal structure build by other culture, they build their own inca temple on top of them.

The inca medicine was so complex that classify and treat sadness, severe afflictions of behavior, anger, cowardice, regret, Anxiety, pathological fear, dementia, severe psychotic disorders, just to mention a few of them.

The inca warriors brain wash to forget the fear was so deep, so intense and for so many years that this men were absolutely fearless, to anything and to anyone.

An inca temple could harbor altars for one god or for many gods; The main god of the incas was the sun and among all the inca divinities, we can find gods and semi gods, each of them with its own set of religion ceremonies.

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