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Deep Dive: Elite Infant’s Burial Discovered at Moche Temple

Ran in the Late edition of LivePulse, Thursday, October 22, 2026
Original reporting: Archaeology Magazine (AIA) · Jessica Esther Saraceni, 2026-10-20

TRUJILLO, PERU—Andina News Agency reports that the 1,400-year-old grave of an infant has been uncovered at the foot of Huaca de la Luna, a temple at Huacas de Moche on the coast of northern Peru. Carlos Rengifo of the Huacas de Moche Archaeological Project said that other tombs excavated on the Uhle funerary platform contained the remains of adults thought to have attained elevated status.

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