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Video description: Inca -
Secret of the Ancestors.
The Incas built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Cuzco, Peru.
Machu Picchu is without doubt the most recognizable symbol of Inca Civilization. "The Inca Trail", as it is known now, was the Royal Highway that led pilgrims and officials of the Empire to the Sacred City of the Incas.
The Lord of Sipán (El Señor de Sipán) is a mummy found in Sipán by
Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva in the 1987. The tomb is in Sipán's Huaca
Rajada, an area in Chiclayo.
The Señor de Sipán tomb is a Moche culture site in Peru. Some archaeologists
hold it to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries in this
region of the world in the last 30 years, because the main tomb was found intact
and untouched by thieves.
The Moche civilization (alternately, the Mochica culture, Early Chimu,
Pre-Chimu, Proto-Chimu, etc.) flourished in northern Peru from about AD 100 to
AD 700.
Atahualpa (Cusco, 1497 – July 26, 1533 Cajamarca, Peru), Atahualpa born
in Caranqui (Ibarra - Imbabura), was the last sovereign emperor of the
Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his younger
half-brother Huáscar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca
Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox. During the
civil war, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro crossed his path, captured Atahualpa,
and used him to control the Inca empire. Eventually, the Spanish executed
Atahualpa, ending the Inca Empire.
See also:
History of the Incas 1
- Inca Trail, 2,
3,
4,
5,
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