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Huaca Rajada
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<p>Huaca Rajada, also known as Sipán, is a <a href="/facts/Moche_(culture)/UPSXVdxA">Moche</a> archaeological site in northern <a href="/facts/Peru/dBt7XrYD">Peru</a> in the Lambayeque Valley, that is famous for the tomb of <i><a href="/facts/Lord_of_Sip%25C3%25A1n/Gq3pKpMq">Lord of Sipán</a></i> (El Señor de Sipán), excavated by <a href="/facts/Walter_Alva/nvVe0mN8">Walter Alva</a> and his wife Susana Meneses beginning in 1987. The city of Sipán is dated from 50–700 AD, the same time as the Moche Period. </p>