▁of ▁Cor ican cha ▁to ▁C aj amar ca , ▁the ▁base ▁of ▁the ▁Spanish . ▁ ▁They ▁found ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁the ▁Sun ▁" cover ed ▁with ▁pl ates ▁of ▁gold ", ▁which ▁the ▁Spanish ▁ordered ▁removed ▁in ▁payment ▁for ▁At ah ual pa ' s ▁r ans om . ▁ ▁Seven ▁hundred ▁pl ates ▁were ▁removed , ▁and ▁added ▁to ▁two ▁hundred ▁c arg as ▁of ▁gold ▁transport ed ▁back ▁to ▁C aj amar ca . ▁ ▁The ▁royal ▁m umm ies , ▁d rap ed ▁in ▁ro bes , ▁and ▁se ated ▁in ▁gold ▁emb oss ed ▁ch airs , ▁were ▁left ▁alone . ▁ ▁But , ▁while ▁des ec rating ▁the ▁temple , ▁P izar ro ' s ▁three ▁men ▁also ▁def iled ▁the ▁Vir g ins ▁of ▁the ▁Sun , ▁se quest ered ▁women ▁considered ▁sacred , ▁who ▁served ▁at ▁the ▁temple . ▁ ▁After ▁Francisco ▁P izar ro ▁finally ▁entered ▁C uz co , ▁his ▁brother ▁Pedro ▁P izar ro ▁described ▁what ▁they ▁found , ▁ ▁" on ▁top ▁of ▁a ▁hill ▁they ▁[ the ▁In ca ] ▁had ▁a ▁very ▁strong ▁fort ▁surrounded ▁with ▁m ason ry ▁walls ▁of ▁stones ▁and ▁having ▁two ▁very ▁high ▁round ▁to wers . ▁ ▁And ▁in ▁the ▁lower ▁part ▁of ▁this ▁wall ▁there ▁were ▁stones ▁so ▁large ▁and ▁thick ▁that ▁it ▁seemed ▁impossible ▁that ▁human ▁hands ▁could ▁have ▁set ▁them ▁in ▁place ... they ▁were ▁so ▁close ▁together , ▁and ▁so ▁well ▁fitted , ▁that ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁a ▁pin