So Sipan is where they uncovered several undisturbed tombs 20-30'years ago. Basically it had not been identified and some locals discovered that under the dust and mud was a pyramid temple. They dug down found a tomb and started selling their new found treasure. Luckily a respected archeologist heard about it and managed to persuade the local government to move in and lock the site down. They then uncovered another 13 tombs. The site is great but you need to go to the museum in lambayeque to see the real items and to really appreciate what a great find this was.

The interesting thing was that the tombs were found in a small pyramid rather than a huge one. They have reconstructed where the bodies were found and it has been well done. As all the contents are in the museum there is not much here. I would have liked more information on the history of how the site was found by the looters before the archaeologists (who had it down as a Chimu site) and where they entered the tombs.