ARCHAEOLOGY: Discovering the World’s Secrets - The Americas. The Incas captured the sacred objects of their enemies and symbolically imprisoned them in their Coricancha temple/fortress at Cuzco that was dedicated to Quilla, the goddess of the moon. #coricancha or The Golden Enclosure, was the centre of the #incaworld . In the great temple of Inti, the golden walls were studded with emeralds. Their star religious icon, the golden statue of Inti, was taken to a place of safety when the Spanish arrived, but has never been found again. 1) (slightly unclear with center binder crease) Dedicated to Inti, the temple of Coricancha was once the most important in the #incanempire . Its walls were initially covered in gold and it was fabulously decorated throughout. Spanish colonists demolished the temple and used the foundations to build the #churchofsantodomingo #worldhistory #ancientcivilizations #southamericahistory https://www.instagram.com/p/COOEjQWLHKy/?igshid=18lkkcl1r75ea
