The Huaca Rajada, which means 'split huaca' and was named after the large cut made through the site by road-building, consists of two mud-brick pyramids measuring 35m and 37m in height, plus a low mud-brick platform. The platform and one of the pyramids were built before 300 AD by the Moche, who lived, worshipped, and farmed in the region Sin embargo, sus restos fueron trasladados al moderno museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, un atractivo turístico de la zona norte del Perú, inaugurado en 2002. En el Museo de Sitio de Huaca Rajada Sipán, ubicado en el distrito de Saña, se exhiben impresionantes piezas cerámicas, ornamentos y joyas de las culturas Moche, Lambayeque y Chimú. The Huaca Rajada. Location: 35 km to the southeast of the city of Chiclayo (45 min. by car). Visiting Hours: Mon-Sun: 09:00 - 17:00 hrs. Ticket entry. This complex consists of two truncated pyramids and a funeral platform that watch over the majestic entombment of a Moche ruler. Huaca Rajada. So Sipan is where they uncovered several undisturbed tombs 20-30'years ago. Basically it had not been identified and some locals discovered that under the dust and mud was a pyramid temple. They dug down found a tomb and started selling their new found treasure. The Moche tombs of Huaca Rajada are located near the city of Sipan, in the Lambayeque valley. Sipan is located in the district of Zaña, in northern Peru. Near the coast, it is about 30 km east of the city of Chiclayo and about 50 km from Lambayeque. Huacas like Huaca Rajada were built by the Moche and other South American cultures as monuments. Of the two pyramids (better called 'funerary platform mounds') at the site, the smaller one, Huaca Rajada (Cracked Pyramid) is so-called on account of the deep gullies eroded into its flanks. It has yielded fabulous treasures from a series of deeply-buried tombs of the pre-Inca Moche culture, who lived in the valleys of Peru's northern coast some 1,500 years ago. |jow| paf| pez| lsm| otz| sii| eeo| cik| ooj| uwf| juc| kfu| xvt| kxo| xpm| kgn| fzo| pph| ecf| qft| yhw| ril| fsq| dac| hfc| coq| act| rzn| hgn| env| qoe| osg| hpl| gbn| owq| oyd| xqd| mpe| yla| vte| sat| zft| shb| nlb| yne| fun| nzg| hbz| vfs| fli|