About this Event
The rediscovery of the polychrome murals of the Huaca Pintada, Lambayeque – Peru
In the year 1916 a group of grave looters operating in the Huaca Pintada, a pyramidal mound located in the north coast of Peru, uncovered one of the most fantastic sets of images in a large painted wall depicting deities in full color and great detail. Regrettably, due to lack of care the murals were destroyed the same year and the site was then abandoned by the scientific community. However, in 2022, after three years of research, The Huaca Pintada Archaeological Research Project (PIAHP) composed by a Swiss-Peruvian team managed to rediscover the vestiges of the long-lost mural. This painted wall was up to 100 feet long and still showed the original colors on two sections untouched by the looters or anyone else for more than a thousand years.
About Sâm Ghavami
Researcher of the Swiss National Science Foundation (Doc. CH) and PhD candidate in Andean Archeology at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Freiburg, Switzerland. Some of his most outstanding work experiences are at Rijkrallpa Archaeological Fiction as Project Manager from 2012 - 2017. Also from 2019-2023, he was the founder and scientific director at the Huaca Pintada Archaeological Project (Lambayeque-Peru), in charge of directing the excavation of the archaeological site Huaca Pintada (Peru).
Throughout his career he has participated in various conferences, only in the last year he has been the presenter of VIII Congreso Nacional de Arqueología (Perú) as well in XI Anniversary of the Priestess of Chornancap’s Tomb Discovery - Brüning Museum (Lambayeque). In addition, in 2022 was an organizer in the Multidisciplinary Round-table at Harvard Department of Anthropology.
This talk will take place on the 16th May, 6: 00 p.m. at the Embassy of Peru, located at 15 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6LB.
Registration is required.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Peruvian Embassy, 15 Buckingham Gate, London, United Kingdom
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