Analysis: The Astonishing Tombs Of Moxican

The Astonishing Tombs of Sipán Around 100 to 800 A.D., there was an ancient civilization that thrived on the north coast of Peru. This ancient civilization was called “Moche”. The civilization was believed to be a normal ancient civilization, but in 1987, artifacts of the Moche started showing up on the art market illegally. Later it was discovered that a group of grave robbers had looted these ancient royal tombs. With the help of the Peruvian police, Walter Alva set out to find these ancient royal tombs; however, when Walter Alva set out on this journey, no scientist had previously excavated a Moche civilization. This was considered an extremely important scientific discovery that would be studied for decades.
Walter Alva eventually located these burial chambers in an ancient pyramid near Sipán. The Moche flourished in the north coast of Peru because of the of the arid environment that surrounded them. Also, there was a draining rainfall …show more content…
This excavation took over three years to fully unearth all the burial grounds within the pyramid. Without delay, the archaeologist started finding vivid artistic records of the environment and the Moche’s culture and also the supernatural realm. While not having a writing system, vivid artistic depictions was their writing system. Soon enough, the archaeologists started coming across “ceramic vessels, elaborately crafted metal objects, sumptuous textiles and colorful murals” (Donnan 3). When excavating the tombs, it was discovered that the Moche were buried with these items. These items were based off social status, but was discovered that the Moche did not wear different outfits. The way the archaeologists could tell social ranking within the Moche Civilization was within their ornaments, whether that was a headdress, metal staff, or even ear ornaments. If one had a higher social status, then the tomb would have increasingly rich and sophisticated ornaments and