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By K. Kris Hirst, About.com Guide to Archaeology since 1997

Sipán

Thursday June 2, 2005
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.

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November 11, 2007 at 9:31 am
(1) Unearthed says:

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

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