Sipan - ancient burial site
November 25, 2006
The major tomb uncovered of the lord of Sipan, including skeletons of llamas, dogs and humans (eg top left) sacrificed when he was buried
Back in the day these areas of fairly dry desert appear to have been occupied by pre-Inca tribes (precise names forgotten sorry, for further info see google!), and this particular site had unearthed some well preserved tombs in which ancient leaders were buried with sacrifices including llamas, dogs and people. In one of the photos you can see a guy sitting cross-legged who was watching over the tomb, so like at Ingapirca I guess there were a number of people none too happy when they heard that the chief (or chiefess) had passed away and they would have to go with them...
The place also allowed some pretty excellent views of this dry landscape, including accompanying vultures which appear to be everywhere out in this countryside.
