Museo de Sitio Huaca Rajada - Sipán, Archaeological museum in Saña district, Lambayeque, Peru.
The Museo de Sitio Huaca Rajada - Sipán is an archaeological museum in the Saña district of Chiclayo province, Lambayeque, opened on 29 January 2009. It displays ornaments and jewels found during a 2007 excavation, along with information on the Lambayeque and Chimú cultures.
The site was inhabited and used by the Moche culture over many centuries before being abandoned. In recent times, systematic excavations led to the discovery of royal tombs that revealed the importance of this place in ancient times.
The museum opened on 29 January 2009 and displays ornaments and jewels recovered in a 2007 archaeological excavation at Huaca Rajada. It also presents information on the Lambayeque and Chimú cultures, which occupied the region after the Moche. The finds are shown in a site museum beside the burial platform where they were unearthed.
The museum stands in the Saña district of Chiclayo province, Lambayeque department, next to the Huaca Rajada excavation area. It opened on 29 January 2009, so it is a recent building rather than part of the ancient complex. Allow time to move between the display rooms and the excavated sector outside.
Some of the burial chambers remained unopened after discovery and were not looted like many other pre-Columbian sites. This makes the finds especially valuable because they show how objects were originally arranged and used.
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