A graduate of Columbia College took part in the dig, which found evidence that female leaders in ancient Peru had more ...

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 1,300-year-old throne room painted with murals depicting a female Moche ruler, although they have yet to find the queen's skeletal remains. This throne ...

This latest discovery adds to growing evidence that women held positions of authority in Moche society, not only due to the mural depictions of a queen-like figure but also the presence of human ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a richly decorated throne room and a “Hall of the Braided Serpents” from the Moche culture, with clues that a woman may have ruled there more than 1,300 years ago.

A watercolor drawing shows the murals on the inside of the ancient throne ... our expectations of gender roles in the ancient Moche world,” Lisa Trever, a professor at Columbia University ...