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    It was considered a place where an Empire ended, a place filled with riches. It was an offering for a 'crime of worship to a false deity' of a sentenced leader. Where is this place, who was the leader, and what was the resulting death sentence?

    Question #59004. Asked by peasypod. (Aug 25 05 5:46 AM)


    lanfranco

    		I'm going to guess that this is the famous "ransom room," in Cajamarca, Peru, supposedly filled with treasure by Incan emperor Atahualpa, in exchange for his freedom and his life (he'd been accused of idolatry, among other things, by Francisco Pizarro and his Spaniards.) In fact, Atahualpa was executed by strangulation in 1533, and the Inca Empire came to an end.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ransom_Room

    Aug 25 05, 11:50 AM
    peasypod

    		Certainly was Frankie, Nice One.

    Aug 25 05, 5:08 PM

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