Located in the lower Lambayeque Valley of the northern coast of Peru, Sipán is one of the most well known archaeological sites in the world, an administrative and religious center of the Moche culture, and best known for the discovery of several burials of elite residents, including el Señor de Sipán (or Lord of Sipán). The tombs included funerary assemblages that matched the clothing and accessories of individuals illustrated in Moche iconography, fine-line ceramic and mural art thought to represent important sacrificial and religious/political rites.
- Sipán, more on the site
- Moche Civilization
- Sipán, Peru Cultural website developed with Walter Alva (Spanish)
- Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán
- Caritas of Peru
- After 10 years, the new excavations in Sipán, (Spanish and English versions) Antonio Aimi


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If Sipan is “one of the most well known archaeological sites in the world”, then one can only imagine what remains to be found…