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Peru Archaeological
          Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán
 


Museum of the Royal Tombs of SipánThe Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán (Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán), located in Lambayeque, is one of the best museums in Peru. Constructed in the shape of a Moche Pyramid, this modern museum was built to showcase the treasures unearthed from the Royal Tombs of Sipán, particularly the Lord of Sipán,

Unlike most of the archeological sites along the coast of Peru, which were pilfered by grave robbers, the tomb of Lord Sipán remained undisturbed until it was discovered in 1987. The discovery was made by Dr. Walter Alva, who is now the director of the Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán. The tomb contained a wealth of treasures, meant to accompany the Lord of Sipán on his journey to the after life.  The museum has three main sections. One floor is devoted to Moche artifacts, primarily ceramics. Below this is the floor which contains the stunning gold and silver treasures recovered from the tomb. On the lowest level is a reproduction of the tomb as it was when it was discovered. There is also an audio visual presentation on El Señor de Sipán.

The Museum of the Royal Tombs of Sipán is shaped like a Moche pyramid, containing the gold masks, scepters, jewelry, and other objects of the royal Moche tomb discovered by Walter Alva in 1987. This museum succeeds in evoking the full grandeur and sophistication of the ancient Moche civilization (100–750 A.D.) in a way that adobe pyramids, now reduced to mud mountains, often do not.

 

 
Peru a Living Culture
          Fiestas & Folklore around Lake Titicaca
 


Fiestas & Folklore around Lake TiticacaAround Lake Titicaca and Puno city the folklore is manifested in two big ways, one in the customs and ancestral rites in the forms of life of some towns, among those highlight the communities of the Uros, Taquile and Amantani, and the other one in its artistic manifestations.

Puno is often said to be the "folklore capital of Peru" by the wealth of its artistic and cultural expressions, especially through the dance and music. There are registered more than 300 autochthonous and religious dances, from the 1,500 existing in the national environment.

The Fiesta of San Santiago is celebrated between July 26 and 29 in Pomata, Lampa, Simple, Taquile, Amantani and Puno city, all places in Lake Titicaca area. The natives identified the Christian apostle Santiago, with Illapa, the Inca god that represented the ray. It's a demonstration of live culture and tradition of Puno's folklore. (Photo Gallery).


 

 
Nature & Biodiversity in Peru
          Macaw Clay Lick in Tambopata
 


Macaw Clay Lick - TambopataA spectacular natural show. The number of birds at the lick is not correlated with the number of people observing the lick. This means that approximately the same number of birds go to the clay lick regardless of the number of people watching the birds. The tourists are kept together and relatively quiet at a distance of 150 m or more from the lick. These results suggest that the protocol in use by Rainforest Expeditions is not causing major reductions in the number of birds using the lick, but additional analyses are needed to determine if there are more subtle impacts on the birds.

The Tambopata Macaw project has been working hard to understand the links between the clay lick, nesting, tree phenology (flowering and fruiting) and the movements of parrots in and out of the area. Over a thousand mornings of clay lick observation and literally hundreds of thousands of registrations may be the largest set of parrot data ever assembled. We have come a long way in understanding these interactions and now have a much better idea of what drives the annual life cycles of the macaws and parrots in Tambopata.  (Macaw Clay Lick photo galleries)



 

 
 

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