http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-51087 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:47:39 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-51087 […] Region sometime after the demise of the Moche culture, and was responsible for the rise of the Chimú and the Sicán (often used interchangeable with Lambayeque) cultures and the rebuilding of […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-30637 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:22:18 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-30637 […] of exploration in the Casma valley formed the basis for his masters thesis, later directing a Chimú dig in Casma to earn his doctorate. But it wasn’t until he dedicated himself to Chachapoyas […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-19227 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:47:51 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-19227 […] of birds from a distant tropical land rebuilt civilisation in the region, giving birth to the Chimú and the Sicán societies, before passing on his kingdoms to his sons and himself passing into […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-18602 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:28:58 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-18602 […] and techniques of theses 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 […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-17509 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:42:58 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-17509 […] of any kind in the ancient world? A city home to the rulers of the Peruvian desert coast, the Chimú imperial heart of Chan Chan. Does a couple of days of hands-on archaeology at one of the […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-16949 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:19:47 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-16949 […] Spanish built this city (for those who want a little more history) next to the old capital of the Chimu kingdom, the Chimu having been conquered by the Incas before the Spanish arrived. The map below is of the […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-16929 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:59:35 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-16929 […] 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 Emperor […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-16655 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:44:16 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-16655 […] Chan, the ancient capital city of the Chimú, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1986 because of its extraordinary architectural and […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-12429 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:45:22 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-12429 […] that these graves span from the Early Intermediate Period to the Late Formative Vicus cultures, the Chimú and the Lambayeque […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-10240 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:27:08 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-10240 […] believe that these Chimú sculptures could be the most important discovery that has been made in Chan Chan, as the idols do […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-9126 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:04:51 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-9126 […] ancient capital of the Chimor Kingdom, the grand city of Chan Chan, has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. After 500 […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-7005 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:16:02 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-7005 […] would summit an application to mine for iron ore in the ruins of the capital of the once powerful Chimu kingdom. The sprawling archaeological zone of Chan Chan is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-6821 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:57:15 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-6821 […] to the ground, moving their entire civilisation some distance to Túcume which was conquered by the Chimú in 1350 […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-6819 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:50:14 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-6819 […] of adobe mud bricks between 1000-1100 AD, the site flourished for nearly a milenia under Sicán, Chimú and Inca rule until the arrival of the Spanish in 1532. Spread over more than 220 hectares, there […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-4610 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:00:30 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-4610 […] returned to Peru again in 1995 with a project for his doctorate that he worked on until 1996 in a Chimú site in the Casma valley. Later he spent two years working in the south, on the pampas of Palpa […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:57:54 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-105 […] be a myth passed on by by-gone civilisations, particularly associated with the Sicán but also the Chimú. It goes something like […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:08:02 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-103 […] of the most interesting and often-visited Chimú constructions other than the city of Chan Chan is the Huaca Arco Iris, the rainbow pyramid, […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2007/12/14/the-chimu-and-the-kingdom-of-chimor/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:58:35 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=797#comment-102 […] including its surrounding agricultural districts, this gigantic city formed the capital of the Chimor kingdom of the Chimú […]

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