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The Inca
In Our Time
Is There Any Sensation That Mummies Are Used in Battle?
There's clear evidence that indigenous traditions such as disinterring mummies or dead people who have been buried continue. You end up with quite a sort of syncretic form of religion that incorporates both Christianity and pre-existing and de-embeliefs. This is illustrated really well by a picture that is in Cusco Cathedral, which shows Jesus having the Last Supper. The disciple who is Judas Iscariot is supposed to have been painted with the facial features of Francisco Pizarro, the Conquistador.
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