Spanish colonizers never found Machu Picchu. The arrival of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1532 forever altered the Inca empire, a kingdom he described as “so beautiful and has such ...

Pizarro agreed to release Atahualpa in return for a roomful of gold, but the Spaniard later reneged on the deal. He had the Inca king put to death before the last and largest part of the ransom ...

This battle has conventionally been portrayed as the brave rout of a vast Inca army by a handful of wily and determined conquistadors commanded by Pizarro. Cock's discoveries pointed in the ...