Tom Holland
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He never had it to lose.
It just vanished and it was never found.
So maybe it's still buried somewhere outside Cuzco.
That's the exciting thing in a cave or something.
With the mummy of Atahualpa.
With Atahualpa's body.
Yeah.
Who knows?
Now, while his men have been looking at all this golden stuff, Pizarro has been thinking about the future of the empire.
The day after entering the city, he summons Manco and he says to him, you know, you're obviously a great chap.
I want you to be the new emperor.
So this is a fantastic moment for Manco.
I mean, just a few months earlier, he was a teenage fugitive fearing for his life.
And now he's going to become the Sapa Inca.
He's going to get the whole thing.
He goes off outside the city and he fasts for three days at a mountain retreat called
And then he returns for his coronation, which is this absolutely massive public event.
So he's going to be crowned with this kind of red tassels.
Oh, yeah.
String on his head.