Here, in the first ever NOVA/National Geographic Television collaboration, The Great Inca Rebellion presents stunning new evidence that is changing what we know about the final days of the once-mighty Inca Empire.

The largest empire in pre-Columbian America, the Inca ruled the most advanced civilization in the New World. By 1532, when Francisco Pizarro and his band of fewer than 200 Spanish conquistadors arrived in search of treasure and power, the Inca had built the breathtaking city of Machu Picchu, pioneered a sophisticated system of high-altitude highways and forged luxurious treasures of gold. So how could a tiny Spanish army of gold-seeking adventurers bring the powerful Inca Empire so quickly to its knees?

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