Excavated tombs of Peru's Moche priestesses provide archaeologists with troves of artifacts, data
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 05:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When archaeologists unearthed a large chamber tomb in San José de Moro, a ceremonial center of pre-Columbian Moche civilization on the northern coast of Peru, they found the remains of a woman who had been laid to rest with lavish offerings, befitting a priestess or a queen or both.