Lambayeque, Peru
Juan Pablo Vizcardo Y Guzman 895
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+5174283977
Good for kidsToiletsNo restaurant
Wheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible toilet
Museum with great history and culture of the area. 10 Soles per adult. No photos are allowed in the museum. There is a free baggage check on the side of the museum to safely hold your belongings while inside the museum. Most if not all of the explanations inside the museum are only in Spanish language. The day we visited had dances from bordering countries.
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Probably a nice museum - if you understand Spanish perfectly. Only in the beginning there were some English translations but then everything is only in Spanish. So without understanding anything there were some nice jewelry and pottery but also these were almost always the same. According to the guest book at the end there are almost only Perú citizens visiting this site. I guess more foreigners would come if they’d understand anything. Audio guides would be the perfect solution.
Tomb of The Lord of Sipán An enormous complex of Moche culture tombs was unearthed in 1987 at Sipán on the North coast of Peru. The most famous of the tombs belonged to The Lord of Sipán, a Mochican warrior priest who was buried among dazzling treasures. There was a Guardian protecting the tomb,he had been buried in a sitting position and his feet had been amputated to prevent him leaving his sentry position. The Lord of Sipán was aged 35-45 years old at the time of his death, and is known to have ruled the Lambayeque Valley in the late 3 rd century AD. The leader was found adorned in gold, silver, and copper jewellery and ornaments, including an enormous crescent headdress with feathers, a face mask, several pectorals composed of hundreds of shell beads, necklaces, nose rings, ear rings, a gold and silver sceptre and banners of gilded metal sewn onto cotton cloth. There were six other people buried with the warrior priest : three young women dressed in ceremonial clothes placed at the head and foot of his coffin , two males with amputated feet on the long sides (possibly warriors who were sacrificed to accompany their lord), and a child of about nine or ten years of age, placed at the head of his coffin. Also remains of a third male on the roof of the burial chamber sitting in a niche overlooking the chamber and a dog, which may have been the Lord of Sipan's favorite pet, and two llamas, which were probably offerings.
The presentation was good and the guide but the museum did not allowed cameras very anoying.
Great museum ! We loved the guided visit. So many items to admire. 2- 3 hours are good to get a deep look at this museum. It lacks foreign translation though.
The content of the museum is amazing and some of the best I've seen in South America. Unfortunately the museum is massively let down by the lack of story and content conveyed by the information boards. Also none of the information on the second and third, the lowest level, has any translation into other languages and the top level only into English (about 25% of the whole museum) so its pointless going if you want to learn and not just see pretty objects. I believe they have the option of a guide to squeeze more money from you if you like. I'd recommend reading up beforehand so you know what your going to see.
I was really surprised how well done this beautiful museum about the archeological findings in Sipan is. Absolutely worth a visit.
So far the most thought-through museum I have visited in South America. Well structured, lots of information on the different artifacts. Also includes a section on the discovery of the tomb and the tools used by archeologists. Very recommended if interested in history, ancient cultures and their deities and rituals.
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