Did Ecuador Discover the Last Inca Emperor’s Tomb?
posted on March 5th, 2012 in Archaeology, Ecuador, Incas, Recent Discoveries
The execution of the Inca emperor, Atahualpa, by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533
(Note: In 1533 Francisco Pizarro captured and executed the Inca emperor at the time, Atahualpa. However, after Atahualpa’s death, three more Inca emperors ruled from the Incas’ rebel capital of Vilcabamba: Sayri Tupac, Titu Cusi, and Tupac Amaru. The Spaniards executed the final Inca emperor, Tupac Amaru, in Cuzco in 1572–almost forty years after Pizarro’s arrival–Kim MacQuarrie).
Ecuador may have found last Inca emperor’s tomb
Agence France-Presse
February 29, 2012
It has been sought for centuries but remained a mystery, still out of reach. Now an expert has pinpointed a site that could be Atahualpa’s resting place: the last Inca emperor’s tomb….