jewelry and ceramics
Outdoor tomb wydatowany is the eighth century AD Located in Huarmey, 300 km north of the capital – Lima. Among the finds are richly ornamented jewelry imported from distant parts of the empire of luxury goods, including obsidian and decorated with ceramics and a unique, inlaid ceremonial kero cup, and mug made of white stone.
belonged to the wives
next year chosen restored monuments can be seen in the Lima Art Museum (Museo de Arte de Lima).
Mausoleum probably belonged to the wives of one of the rulers of the empire, which later laid the foundations of the Inca Empire. All so far known burials of this culture were looted. The Poles had a unique opportunity to explore the complete tomb in which the body of the aristocracy Wari civilization.
extraordinary decade
in the category “Top 10 Discoveries of 2013″ in the journal “Archaeology” next research Huarmey include, among others the discovery of the relics of boats, ropes and pottery, the oldest surviving papyrus from the reign of Pharaoh Khufu on the Red Sea in Egypt or laser scanning project air (LiDAR) made in the area of ??Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
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