Ancient Peru temple, mural excavated

[Judi Lynn]

Ancient Peru temple, mural excavated
Temple has staircase leading to altar used for fire worship and offerings
updated 3:37 p.m. ET Nov. 11, 2007

LIMA, Peru - Carbon dating tests and excavation of a colorful pre-Incan temple indicate that it was built thousands of years ago by an advanced civilization, a prominent archaeologist said in comments published Sunday by a Peruvian newspaper.

Unearthed in Peru's archeologically rich northern coastal desert, the temple has a staircase leading to an altar that was used for worshipping fire and making offerings to deities, Walter Alva, who headed the three-month excavation, told El Comercio.

Some of the walls of the 27,000-square-foot site — almost half the size of a football field — were painted, and a white and red mural depicts a deer being hunted with a net.

Alva said the temple was apparently constructed by an "advanced civilization" because it was built with mud bricks made from sediment found in local rivers, instead of rocks.
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The carbon dating tests, conducted in the United States, indicate that the site is 4,000 years old, he claimed.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21740087/

[Judi Lynn]

1. The article indicates this temple is near the Lords of Sipan Moche Tombs.

There are some amazing photographs I stumbled across, curious about the Sipan Moche information.

From the tomb, a photo made into a puzzle you can move around, very interesting:


http://agutie.homestead.com/files/puzzle/Puzzle_Lord_of_Sipan_Spiderman.htm






The Lord of Sipan reigned approximately 200 A.D.

The Lord of Sipan was revealed to the world in 1987. He reigned approximately 200 A.D. and died about 40 years of age. Sipan is located in the northern part of Peru, close to the coast, in the middle of Lambayeque Valley, 35 Kms. at east of Chiclayo. Four tombs have been found in Sipan's Huaca Rajada, the huaca is a mausoleum built by the Moche culture that ruled the northern coast of Peru from the time of Christ to 700 AD, centuries prior to the Incas.

It has been dubbed “The Golden Wonder” by Times magazine, and National Geographic has published an article named “Discovering the Richest Tomb in the New World”. It represents, without a doubt, the most important archaeological finding of recent times, and the collection has traveled throughout the world in a series of impressive expos in Europe, the USA and Japan.

Sipan's treasures show us the Moche culture's ability with several metals: gold, silver, copper and precious stones in fine quality and a mastery in metallurgy unrivaled in the Americas: masks, necklaces, earrings and other elaborate jewelry.

The Moche treasures are exhibited in the Bruning Museum in the city of Lambayeque, only a few miles from Chiclayo. The city also has a fascinating herb market, with all the natural remedies used by the regions's traditional healers.
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http://agutie.homestead.com/files/Sipan.htm



Lord of Sipan

Lord of Sipan (Señor de Sipan) died around 1770 years ago.

The grand lord of Moche civilization - one of Peru's most important pre-Hispanic civilizations - was a warrior, half god, half man, a noble.

A lord over the lords of his time.
He lived for about 40 years and was 1.67 meters (5.5 ft.) tall.

He was buried in a wooden sarcophagus - - itself a first in the Americas - with his head pointing south, his nose and ears covered with gold relics and his feet clad in silver. Surrounded by a profusion of objects in cooper, spondyllus shells and semiprecious stones.

By his side were the skeletons of two young women, a llama and a dog. At his feet, the skeleton of a young warrior with a golden shield.
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http://www.unique-southamerica-travel-experience.com/lordofsipan.html