Huaca Rajada
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For other uses, see Sipan (disambiguation).
For the related but later civilization, see Sican culture.
Huaca Rajada, also known as Sipán,[1] is a Moche archaeological site in northern Peru in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of Lord of Sipán (El Señor de Sipán), excavated by Walter Alva and his wife Susana Meneses beginning in 1987. The city of Sipán is dated from 50–700 AD, the same time as the Moche Period.[2]