Are there any Francisco Pizarro artifacts?

Answer 1

Your question got me thinking about this so I looked it up and the answer is "yes" there are as well as an interesting story. It seems Pizarro was assassinated in 1545 and buried under the main altar of the cathedral in Lima, Peru. In July 1606 he was reburied in a special chapel in the cathedral. Inside of his tomb was found a wooden box and inside that was a lead box with in an inscription "Here is the skull of Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro who discovered Peru". In early 1977 work was being done on the cathedral and a crypt under the altar was opened there they found 4 people. There were 2 children, an older man, and a glass coffin with a small wooden box. Studies were on the skull in the box and it was the head of Pizarro without any doubt. The skull was damaged and several blows had been inflicted on it, but his body was still in tact. Along with these things was a broken sword. They determined the bodies of the children were his children and the other man was his brother. Letters he wrote are also still around and can be studied.