Obsessed with a treasure city, conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa. To spare his life, the emperor offered up the largest cache of gold the Spanish ever acquired in ...

Object Details Author Koch, Peter O. 1953- Contents A fire that burns deep -- In search of Birú -- A second chance -- A test of will -- Inca heritage -- The empire of the sun -- Return of the ...

Archaeologists are searching for answers to questions over what happened to the lost Inca gold of Atahualpa.

The Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu has astounded and confounded visitors since it was unveiled to the wider world more than ...

Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, was captured by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1532. He promised to fill a room with gold and another with silver as ransom for his freedom.

In November 1533, Francisco Pizarro rode triumphantly into Cuzco, the royal capital of the Inca empire, and took stock of its storied treasures. With just 180 hardened soldiers of fortune at his ...

Pizarro’s ruthless success and penchant for bloody excess led to desperate Inca resistance and internecine Spanish fighting. He kidnapped the Inca, Atahualpa, ransomed him for a roomful of gold, then ...

Francisco Pizarro and his partner, Diego de Almagro, actually formed a commercial conquest company before their arrival in Peru. Their fellow conquistadors were investors in that enterprise.