The Moche culture of ancient Peru is noted for elaborately decorated ceramics, goldwork, textiles, and murals—and people. While actual physical evidence of tattooing is rare, there are a great ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a richly decorated throne room and a “Hall of the Braided Serpents” from the Moche culture, with clues that a woman may have ruled there more than 1,300 years ago.

Archaeologists have analyzed textiles from the ancient city of Huacas de Moche, Peru, showing how the population's cultural traditions survived in the face of external influence.

A recent genetic study has uncovered unprecedented human sacrifice rituals in the ancient Moche culture of Peru, revealing that adolescents were sacrificed to their close relatives during funerals ...

A Moche necklace—part of Peru's cultural heritage—was formally handed over to the Peruvian Embassy in Italy on July 9.

The Moche examples allude to tales known only from fragmentary later references or sheer speculation; the Moche culture left no written documents.

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.

Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered evidence that could point to a woman ruling in a coastal valley during the ancient Moche culture more than 1,300 years ago, including a stone throne and ...

Archeologists at a Moche site in northwestern Peru have found the throne room of a female ruler, an unprecedented discovery.

Archaeologists have discovered a richly decorated throne room on the northern coast of Peru that may have belonged to a female ruler of the Moche culture some 1,300 years ago.