Recently Uncovered Funerary Structures and Human Remains Shed Light on Ancient Peru’s Mochican Elite

Funerary structures and human remains have been uncovered during excavations at the Moche site of Huaca Bandera in the Pacora district in northern Peru, according to the country’s cultural ministry. These new discoveries show that the site could have been an important location in the life and death of the elite of the Moche people, a pre-Incan society that existed between 100 and 700 CE.The project was funded by the Peruvian government to create jobs for working-class people in the region.