Sican National Museum

Sican or House of the Moon is a museum that encompasses all the research made during more than two decades by the archeologist Izumi Shimada as chief of the archeological project Sican ( 1978). The exhibition comprises artifacts found on the site excavations of Batan Grande and are shown as they were found or used. […]

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Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum

With its modern architecture it houses a collection of gold, silver and copper artifacts coming from the SeƱor de Sipan tomb. The museum is directed by the archeologist Walter Alva, manager of the project and the man who unearthed this tomb in the Huaca Rajada archeological site and also in Sipan.

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Huaca Rajada and Sipan

Located at 35 km. South East from Chiclayo (45 min. by car). In 1987 a tomb was discovered there with the intact remains of a Mochica chief, the majestic Lord of Sipan. This discovery allow us to appreciate the funeral ritual of a Mochica ruler who was accompanied by a warrior, a priest, two women, […]

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Bruning National Arqueological Museum

Exhibits a collection of archeological items gathered by the German ethnographer Enrique Brunning. In the four floors are exhibited handicraft objects, textiles, carvings of stone and wood, etc. All of them show the vigorous and technological character of the regional cultures in the last 5000 years. The Golden Room of this museum is a good […]

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Lima Tourist Attractions

Archeological Complex Huaca Pucllana The archeological complex Huaca Pucllana ( also known as Juliana) has a site museum and workshops for research. The site was a ceremonial and administration center. It belongs to the Lima culture 200 A.D. Part of this construction belongs to Wari ... Read more City Aliaga House This building dates from [...]
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