Pre-Inca tombs and Mochica temple found in Lambayeque

Archaeologists discovered 14 pre-Inca tombs and a Mochica temple dating back to around 4,000 years ago in the region of Lambayeque.

The tombs at Bola de Oro-El Triunfo date back to around 4,000 
years ago and belong to formative pre-Inca cultures 
[Credit: El Comercio/Wilfredo Sandoval]

Walter Alva Alva and Edgar Bracamonte Levano found 14 tombs at Bola de Oro-El Triunfo with a majority of them belonging to the Sican or Lambayeque cultures and the rest from Moche and Chimu periods, reports El Comercio.

A Lambayeque tomb was found with interesting items including a gold piece that would be an epilator (item used to remove hair). The gold piece was made with a representation of Naylamp and the the traditional mask of winged eyes.

Other found items include pottery, small copper ornaments, silver and gilded copper birds and other ceremonial items such as knives, reports El Comercio.

Of particular interest to Alva was the discovery of a Late Moche ceramic vessels fragment. Normally found in La Libertad, this indicates that the culture at Bola de Oro-El Triunfo had contact with the Moche culture.

Just last month another pre-Inca tomb was discovered inland from Chimbote.

Author: Hillary Ojeda | Source: Peru This Week [June 29, 2015]