For years, scholars have studied Moche art and architecture, finding depictions of priests, warriors, and deities, but nothing quite like this — a throne room. The walls of the room, known as ...

Warfare, warriors and prisoners are a recurring theme in Moche art. They testify to the violent, inter-valley rivalries that frequently occurred over agricultural land. Skeletal evidence reveals ...

Before we try to squeeze evidence from them about the society they represent, I want to take a moment to admire these pots simply as great works of art. The Moche were master-potters, and so their ...