The Inca emperor offered Pizarro a room filled with gold and twice over with silver, within two months.

Toledo promptly declared war on Vilcabamba, the last refuge of the Inca; soon afterwards, Tupac Amaru, the last Inca emperor, was captured and executed in Cuzco.

In a brief civil war over the division of lands, Atahualpa, the true Inca emperor's half-brother, imprisoned the emperor and assumed the throne himself.

In 1533, Atahualpa, the last Inca sovereign emperor (Qhapaq Inka, also Sapa Inca), was executed by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro.

Their other duties included brewing the beer of the Incas and on occasion serving as companions to the Inca emperor.

The following month, the conquistadors supported the coronation as Inca emperor of Manco Inca to facilitate their control over the empire.

Inca emperors wore woven hats trimmed with gold and wool tassels or topped with plumes, or showy feathers.

This piece includes the 45-Carat Atahualpa Emerald, which was named after the last Inca emperor.

"The Sacred Hymns of Pachacutec" Poetry of an Inca emperor.

In 1532, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, in Cajamarca, the provincial capital 28 miles from Yanacocha.