PERU-ARCHAEOLOGY-SIPAN-MUSEUM

A Mochica pottery piece depicting a woman giving birth with the assistance of two other persons, presumably made for educational purposes, is displayed at the Lord of Sipan Royal Tomb Museum in Lambayeque, 760 kilometers north of Lima on March 13, 2015. The tomb of the Lord of Sipan, excavated by Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva, has been dated to around 100 AD. The site, where fourteen tombs have been discovered belonging to the prehistoric Moche culture in the desert coast of Northern Peru, is considered to be one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the last 30 years, because the main tomb was found intact and undisturbed by thieves, and was described by the National Geographic Society as the richest intact pre-Columbian tomb in the Western Hemisphere. AFP PHOTO/CRIS BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty Images)