The ancient Americas were incredibly rich in their variety of cultures and art. However, many burials discovered were looted ...

South American pre-Columbian art, of course, is virtually synonymous ... the museum helped organize a three-day conference about Moche culture, cosponsored with Dumbarton Oaks, which attracted ...

When Christopher Donnan began studying the art created by Peru’s Moche culture more than 50 years ago, he wasn’t sure how much it reflected ancient reality. From about A.D. 200 to 850 ...

noting that these polities may have shared similar religious ideas and art styles. In Moche culture, it was not unusual for women to become rulers. "Female leaders were not rare in ancient Moche ...

Immediately surrounding the throne are scenes of a crowned woman raising a goblet and an enthroned woman speaking to a bird-man, a common hybrid figure in Moche culture. “We often say that ...

This culture is famous for its elite tombs ... a figure whose body is composed of intertwined serpents with human legs, a unique motif in Moche art. Archaeologists Michele Koons and Lisa Trever study ...

The site, Pañamarca, was a religious and political center for the ancient Moche culture, which flourished ... a professor of art history and archaeology at Columbia University and one of the ...

Dubbed the Hall of the Braided Serpents, its many pillars are decorated with paintings of snakes intertwined with human legs—a previously unseen motif in Moche art. Its walls sport murals of ...

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. After the Inca ...