My artifact is an Incan Sun Mask of the Incan sun god Inti, an all-powerful god who was also very generous. It represents that I’ve learned about the Middle Ages because it shows that I have a clear understanding of what this Incan artifact is. I know that Inti was not often represented in Inca art, but when he was, it was usually as a gold statue, a sun disk, or a golden sun mask. Gold was tied with the god because Incans believed that the precious metal was the sweat of the sun. The sun god Inti was heavily worshipped, and there were even human sacrifices - including child sacrifice - on special ceremonial occasions or in times of crisis (such as earthquakes or death in the royal
