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Are
the myths and stories about hidden treasures true? On the image below, you can
see typical Inca archaeological artifacts. The Incas have created lots of
statuettes, ornaments, many of them can be seen in museums across the planet.
The Peruvian authorities prohibit anyone from taking ..."
Are
the myths and stories about hidden treasures true? On the image below, you can
see typical Inca archaeological artifacts. The Incas have created lots of
statuettes, ornaments, many of them can be seen in museums across the planet.
The Peruvian authorities prohibit anyone from taking out archaeological
artifacts of the country, but even so, many objects are still being smuggled out
of the country. The first person to have been accused for taking out
archaeological values was Hiram Bingham himself. He is said to have taken around
5.000 artifacts from Inca sites that he had discovered. Bingham has found many
objects that can be considered treasures, but not of very high value. For
example, at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu he has found objects made of
stone, bronze, ceramic and obsidian, but no gold or silver.
The Incas were well known for producing large numbers of silver and gold
objects, like the real size gold replicas of maize and other plants, that were
found in Cuzco.The Inca treasures found by the conquistadores, archaeologists,
travelers were primarily artistical creations, of great value to scientists, but
of no little material value. The Incas often used precious metals like gold,
silver, copper to make statuettes and decorated them with precious stones, such
as emeralds. The values of the statues varies, depending not only on its
material, but also on what it represents, when it was made and how well
preserved they are. Many legends, stories speak about the supposed existence of
large amounts of precious objects, anything from gemstones to golden statuettes.
Amateurs seem more likely to believe the myths, but specialists also show
curiosity to studying them. What we see in movies about hidden Worlds and large
amounts of gold being uncovered, death traps like in Indiana Jones, for example,
are rather fiction, products of imagination. So are there any beliefs based on
true facts about Inca treasures? Yes! There are, but one has to study them in
detail in order to understand them...
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Are
the myths and stories about hidden treasures true? On the image below, you can
see typical Inca archaeological artifacts. The Incas have created lots of
statuettes, ornaments, many of them can be seen in museums across the planet.
The Peruvian authorities prohibit anyone from taking out archaeological
artifacts of the country, but even so, many objects are still being smuggled out
of the country. The first person to have been accused for taking out
archaeological values was Hiram Bingham himself. He is said to have taken around
5.000 artifacts from Inca sites that he had discovered. Bingham has found many
objects that can be considered treasures, but not of very high value. For
example, at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu he has found objects made of
stone, bronze, ceramic and obsidian, but no gold or silver. 
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