Gold Statue Of The Inca Empire

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The Inca empire lasted for over 100 years, and in all of its glory its people were able to make great objects. Ranging from massive temples for their gods, to small llama shaped statues.The Gold llama is made out of pure gold with a width of 1 centimeter, and a width of 6.3 centimeters. The Gold llama was most likely used by the Inca as sacrifice to their gods. The statue was made sometime in the years 1400-1550, and was found in a Inca tomb. Statues like this one were made hundreds of times with the Incas most precious metal, gold. To the Inca civilization gold was considered to be the sweat from the sun. In addition to this llamas were the Incas most precious domesticated animal, providing food, clothing, and as beasts of burden. Llamas