The last Sapa Inca to ascend the throne before Spanish contact, Huayna Capac, grandson of famed emperor Pachacuti, survived multiple plots against his rule before guiding the Inca Empire through 30 ...

By the time the Inca king Huayna Capac took power around 1493, little seemed beyond the reach of the Inca dynasty. To bring grandeur to his new capital in Ecuador, Huayna Capac put more than 4,500 ...