Tuesday was one of the slower days here in Lima. Today at school we worked on some new grammar and got to learn about the battle between Incan ruler Atahualpa. Atahualpa was the Incan Emperor of Tawantinsuyo before the Spanish took over. Atahualpa was defeated in battle by his half brother Huascar in a civil war between the Inca's. This civil war is what made it easy for the Spanish to conquest the large Incan Empire.
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| Atahualpa |
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| Huascar |
After class, we went to UNIFE. At UNIFE today we had a shorter amount of time to hang out and discuss things with the girls. Today we were leaving early and going to the Museo De Oro, which is the Gold Museum in Lima. It's a very historical museum that has tons of old armor and artifacts of the conquistadors. It also has a lot of the gold that was buried by Incan and pre-Incan societies. The most fascinating part about this museum, was that the gold on display was the gold the Spaniards couldn't find. During the colonization by the Spanish, all the gold that was found was sent back to Spain so that the Spaniards country could gain more wealth. Everyone that wasn't found and turned into Spanish treasure, was buried by the Inca's in remote places.
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