The Incas saw gold as the sweat of the Sun God

For nearly 5 centuries, many generations of researchers have been searching hard for the legendary treasure of the Inca empire, which existed in South America between 1438 and 1533. Typically, the great gold warehouse the giant they possessed made the European explorers feverish, then suddenly disappeared without leaving a trace and the decline of the civilization typical of the red race.

The gold storage goes hand in hand with the conquests of the infamous Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro (1475-1541), who had plotted to massacre the hospitable native inhabitants and arrested the leader Atahualpa (1497- 1533), also the last emperor of the Inca empire as a hostage. In less than half a year, nearly 8 tons of gold were given by the Incas to F. Pizarro in order to redeem their young leader.

But the liberator, after receiving so many mountains of gold so high that there was no space left, Pizarro mercilessly murdered Atahualpa on August 29, 1533, marking the end of the fierce Inca dynasty. Since this time, the legendary gold warehouse has become one of the most mysterious things of modern history.

All artifacts on the leader Atahualpa are made of pure gold

Until now, there are still many different theories. The most popular hypothesis belonged to historians, when they believed that the treasures were hidden beneath the Inca empire's Cusco capital, in the tunnel system of tunnels where outsiders were difficult to penetrate. Evidence is that the documents with the drawing have been unearthed, with the mysterious confusing instruction symbols difficult to identify the main entrance.

The witnesses then told their descendants, that leader Atahualpa sent many courtiers to spread everywhere to get gold to pay tribute, proving that Cusco's out-of-town treasures were also other secret treasures. There are even hypotheses that claim that the Incas transported gold to the northern continent of America, or to the south hidden in dangerous areas that kept the complete treasure for posterity, with a time value now can reach tens of billions of dollars.

The drink cup is made of gold pieces with finely carved lines

In fact, the Incas did not value the material value of this rare metal, gold for them was simply "the sweat of the Inti sun god", the supreme deity of the Inca worship. Gold is not considered a symbol of wealth but a means of pure decoration. What is admirable is that the ancient Inca artisans made fine gold sculptures, depicting the shape of many different objects with the finest touches to the smallest detail.

Another mystery is the thousands of gold works of this type, once taken by the settlers from across the ocean of the eye, just after a short time suddenly disappeared without leaving a trace, contributing The part that makes the legend makes many greedy people dream.

Gold stylized image of Inti God

In addition, the masterpieces carved from monolithic gold, showing the respect of the Incas with the gods no longer openly exist . Obviously they had plans to prepare the scale in advance. In order to hide the treasures of life, avoid the sight of unfriendly people.

Particularly, the amount of gold that F. Pizarro acquired did not bring it all to Spain, because the soldiers were under the control of everyone, so gradually the gold of "spoils" spread everywhere.