Finding the Lady of Cao “changed our conception of power in ancient Peru”, and the role of women within it, says an archaeologist
in 1987 the police woke Walter Alva, a Peruvian archaeologist, and invited him to come to inspect some stolen gold objects. The tip would lead Mr Alva to discover the intact tomb of a ruler of the Mochica civilisation, whom he dubbed the Lord of Sipán. It held the lord’s full regalia of gold breastplates and crowns, exquisite nose- and ear-pieces and a unique necklace of giant gold and silver peanuts.
Although the pots and friezes describe warfare and human sacrifice, archaeologists now believe these were rituals to placate the deities of a people acutely vulnerable to drought and flood. “There are no Mochica fortresses, there are temples,” says Ricardo Morales of the University of Trujillo, who directs the Huaca de la Luna site.
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