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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 Moche examples allude to tales known only ... role in educating and informing audiences about metro Atlanta’s arts and culture. ArtsATL, founded in 2009, helps build a sustainable arts ...

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 ...