Sipán

Lambayeque Department · Peru

Sipán, Peru
Photo: Catatine, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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The royal Moche burial site where the intact tomb of the Lord of Sipán was discovered, yielding some of the richest pre-Columbian gold treasures ever found. Its adobe platforms rise from the sugarcane fields of the northern desert.

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