http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-50604 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:03:17 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-50604 […] all agree that he arrived on the shores of the Lambayeque Region sometime after the demise of the Moche culture, and was responsible for the rise of the Chimú and the Sicán (often used interchangeable […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-30878 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:03:06 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-30878 […] sacrificial chamber or passageway at the Huaca Bandera archaeological site belonged to the Moche culture, a pre-Columbian agricultural civilization that flourished on the north coast of Peru from […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-22193 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:05:49 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-22193 […] healers date back to pre-Colombian times and the the civilisations of the Chimú, Sicán and the Moche before them. Archaeologists have recently been given a glimpse into this period of time with the […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-16943 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:54:51 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-16943 […] Moche civilisation had collapsed, and the people of the region had reverted to simple farmers lacking […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-16600 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:31:01 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-16600 […] of Naylamp, a supposedly mythical ruler that according to oral legend was the founder of the post-Moche Lambayeque […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-10482 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:59 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-10482 […] discovery that have determined his age at time of death to be just 21, making him the youngest Moche noble yet […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-7766 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:30:27 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-7766 […] the region was named, the Caxamarca, developed and interacted with the coastal cultures of the Moche and Chimú. By the late 1460’s when the Inca armies swept through under the control of […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-6872 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:39:50 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-6872 […] as more free time for monument building, religion and science. The Chavín were a pre-Inca and pre-Moche civilisation that existed in the area that is now central Peru around 900B.C. The UNESCO World […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-6579 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:13:47 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-6579 […] Moche art, tumis can be seen in use. Images show the killing and beheading of enemy soldiers as […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:05:26 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-4618 […] the Lambayeque culture, they were a people of metal workers and pyramid builders descended from the Moche, with trade connections and influence from peoples in the nearby mountains, rainforest and regions […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-4604 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:56:39 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-4604 […] The Bosque de Pomac historical sanctuary is still turning up surprises and astonishing archaeologists. This incredible place, a vast forest of of algarrobo trees on the old grounds of the Batán Grande suger-cane hacienda, is dotted with dozens of ancient pyramids belonging to the Sicán culture, descendants of the Moche. […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:10:35 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-1188 […] in a similar period of time as his more famous neighboring Moche king at Sipán, this man, also a king, seems to have been of similar power, wealth and […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:46:57 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-430 […] Northern Peru, in the region of Trujillo, the Moche culture developed. Their famous pottery, as well as other things, often dipicted human faces. Some […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:21:56 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-104 […] Brujo was one of the most important religious sites of the Moche culture. One of the pyramidal structures found there has beautiful preserved high relief murals, still with […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:54:16 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-101 […] the aftermath of the collapse of the the Moche civilisation in the late 700s A.D. a new civilisation was born. In the late 800s until the early 1000s the […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:39:41 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-97 […] collection spans from Chavin to Moche, to Chimú to Inca, that’s more than 2,500 years of Peruvian civilisation. Found just 10 […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/08/the-moche/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:35:37 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=780#comment-96 […] the heart of their world, the Moche constructed two truncated pyramids, the gigantic pyramid of the Sun (sol) and the smaller pyramid […]

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