World & Nation
Archeology: UCLA scientists find unique cultural artifacts in three 1,500-year-old tombs of the Moche people.
Feb. 15, 2001
Olympics
Bob Moch, 90, coxswain of the University of Washington eight-oar crew that came from behind to win the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, died Tuesday in Issaquah, Wash., of complications from a stroke.
Jan. 22, 2005
In this lush, sugar cane-growing northern river valley near to both coast and desert, the land suddenly adopts an almost lunar aspect.
Sept. 18, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
The ancient Moche civilization comes to life in clay pots and images transferred from other vessels.
July 26, 2000
Civilizations come and go.
Oct. 9, 1993
The Moche civilization flourished in irrigated river valleys on the north coast of Peru 1,000 years before the dawn of the Inca Empire.
Sept. 22, 1988
California
A rich cache of artifacts found in burial chambers of high officials of the Moche culture, a pre-Incan civilization that dominated Peru from 100 to 800 A.D., will be on display at UCLA’s Fowler Museum of Cultural History through Jan. 2.
Sept. 21, 1993
The National Geographic Society on Tuesday announced discovery of the tomb of a “Peruvian King Tut,” laden with a wealth of elaborate gold and silver artifacts, and hailed it as the richest archeological find in the Western Hemisphere.
Sept. 14, 1988
Clearly a member of royalty, the heavily tattooed Moche woman was buried with jewelry, weapons and a sacrificed slave at her feet.
May 17, 2006
Felix S.
July 23, 1989