The Wiese Foundation, 2009
Author: Régulo Franco Jordán
28.5 x 21 cm. / Hard cover and dust jacket
120 pages / Spanish
In its efforts to promote and disseminate the Mochica culture, the Wiese Foundation published this book in April 2009, the first of a series of tour volumen dedicated to the ancient cultures of Peru. Within the book it is possible to cover the history of tis civilization, with special attention put to the Huaca Cao Viejo, the highest Mochica pyramid in the Archaeological Site of El Brujo, in La Libertad.
The book’s core subject is the mausoleum of the Señora de Cao, the most important archaeological discovery in recent times. In the first part, there is a brief introductory essay written by archaeologist Régulo Franco Jordán, who has led the excavations in El Brujo for almost two decades. The second part of the book is a photo gallery which has images by photographer Eduardo Hirose. |