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The Face of the Last Inca Emperor: News-Report

Detail of “Atahualpa, Fourteenth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings”

Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, ruled over a vast terrain that stretched along the Pacific Ocean from Ecuador to Chile. After winning the crown in 1532 through a bitter civil war with his brother after their father’s death, he was ambushed and executed by the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro. read more