1 By the time the Inca king Huayna Capac took power around 1493, little seemed beyond the reach of the Inca dynasty.

2 These provided Huayna Capac with bountiful harvests and enough corn beer to entertain his subjects royally during Cusco's annual festivals.

3 Here Huayna Capac entertained guests in the great halls and gambled with courtiers and other favorites, while his queen gardened and tended doves.

4 When Huayna Capac perished of a mysterious disease in Ecuador around 1527, retainers mummified his body and carried it back to Cusco.

5 Years after his death, Huayna Capac remained the owner of Quispiguanca and the surrounding estate.

6 Eventually they identified several possibilities for the burial site of Pachacutec and Huayna Capac.

7 And in the Inca heartland, a small army of men and women toiled to construct a royal estate for Huayna Capac and his family.