500 years ago, two worlds met: utterly alien, unknown, unsuspected to one another. Three men decisively shaped that encounter and its legacy for succeeding generations. In this final lecture, Pizarro ...
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The 500-year-old skull, found in a long-forgotten Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru, had two round holes just across from each other. Nearby was a plug of bone, recovered intact, that carried the ...
The old slaver -- The conquest of paradise -- The capture of the sun god -- Cuzco -- The siege of the holy city -- The death of Almagro -- The frontiers of New Castile -- Marqués of the Indies -- The ...
Gonzalo Pizarro was a Spanish Conquistador and a half-brother to Francisco Pizarro. His life is a story of controversy and conquest. Gonzalo Pizarro was born in 1510 in Spain and his life was marked ...
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 prodigal son -- The third voyage -- Civil war -- Pizarro's ...
Cajamarca, Peru — On a busy Peruvian street, crammed between a video store and a restaurant, is a narrow, stone storefront with the words “ransom room” carved above the door in Spanish. Inside, in a ...
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How 200 Conquistadors Defeated the Inca Empire
In 1532, Francisco Pizarro and fewer than 200 soldiers faced the vast Inca Empire. What followed was one of the most shocking upsets in history. New Social Security report raises alarms for 300 ...
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