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LAMBAYEQUE & the royal tombs of sipan

Around a thousand years before the Incas, between the first and seventh centuries A.D., the Moche Culture occupied a vast territory off the northern coast of Peru, between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes. Only a civilization with highly developed technical resources could have survived in one of the world’s most arid regions. They also engaged in pioneering metal production, particularly with copper, and established sophisticated textile workshops. The discovery in 1987 of the tomb close to the town of Sipán belonging to a dignitary in one of the Moches’ royal families has amazed archaeologists from all over the world. The lord of Sipan is considered the richest funerary site so far discovered in the western hemisphere, and the archaeologists said the latest find would help them understand many more details about the organization of Moche society.

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Royal Tombs of Sipan National Museum

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