We've now taken a three hour bus ride to the city of Chiclayo, 9 miles inland from the Pacific coast, where we're spending a couple of days. Like Trujillo, it's built in the desert and also has a number of archaeological complexes. The ;photo above is of the museum of the Lord of Sipan, which had only just been built when we first visited it a few years ago. This is actually 20 miles south of Chiclayo and is well worth a visit.
This is another view as we make our way into the museum, and these are a couple of the exhibits:
The Lord of Sipan died some 1,700 years ago and, as sovereign, they regarded him as a demi-god. He died at the age of about 40 and was 5ft 5in tall and - horrifically - when he died his whole household was buried with him! Here are another couple of exhibits:
And here's a photo of his actual tomb:
We had an absolutely fascinating day here and I'll continue this a little later on a separate post.
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