and finally...
....our last day here, our last museum. The National Archaeological Museum of Peru. This one another biggie, with artifacts from the very earliest civilizations (3000BC) to the present.
Here, some great pottery from the brief Inca times. It was explained to us that the Inca were not the longest lasting or the most creative of the civilizations but they were successful conquerors and were in power when the Spanish arrived so were well documented. Non of the early South American cultures developed any form of writing.
Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more 
