A team of archaeologists working in the Nepeña River Valley in western Peru has discovered a royal hall, which may indicate that a woman led the pre-Columbian Moche civilization in the 7th century.

Recently studied murals suggest a powerful female leader once ruled the Moche.

Dating to around 500 A.D., the burials are associated with the Moche culture, which thrived along the northern coast of Peru between 300 and 900 A.D. The society “was characterized by a complex ...

Moche culture thrived along Peru's North Coast between the 4th and 10th centuries CE, constructing monumental adobe temples (huacas) and complex irrigation networks.

The best-preserved elite burial in Peru reveals the customs of the Moche civilization, including rituals related to human sacrifice as two youths were strangled and laid to rest with their older ...

This pot was made in Peru by the Moche. It shows a kneeling Moche warrior holding a club in one hand and a shield in the other. Warfare, warriors and prisoners are a recurring theme in Moche art.

For a study published in the journal PNAS, a team of researchers analyzed a number of previously discovered burials associated with the pre-Hispanic Moche archaeological culture, which flourished ...

Archaeologists have revealed evidence of a never-before-seen sacrifice of family members belonging to the ancient Andean Moche culture, revealing new insights into their social world, customs ...