Ransom Room

Exterior view of the building known as Ransom Room, in Cajamarca where the Inca Atahualpa was confined.

Temperature map of the cosmic microwave background measured by the Planck spacecraft

Chapel interior

Sir Geoffrey Luttrell , mounted, being assisted by his wife and daughter-in-law. Folio 202v.

Atahualpa filled a 22-foot room once with gold and twice with silver to purchase his freedom. Pizarro accepted the metal, pocketed the treasure, then had the Inca emperor strangled anyway in 1533.