Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother, Huáscar, for control of the empire, was captured at his palace in Cajamarca in modern-day Peru by Spanish commander Francisco ...

A recent expedition in Ecuador's Llanganates Mountains reignited hope in the centuries-long quest to uncover the lost treasure of Inca Emperor Atahualpa. Led by photographer Jorge Juan Anhalzer ...

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and ...

One of the first churched they built was San Francisco de Quito – constructed on top of the palace of the last undisputed Inca leader, Atahualpa. In a two part series, Dr Jago Cooper travels ...