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An archaeologist excavating at a Moche culture site in northern Peru dating to between 600-850 AD discovered a cooking pot containing a selection of bizarre ingredients including part of a “llama's face” - it is thought it was chosen for what it represented symbolically, more than how it might have tasted. The Moche people ruled northern Peru from around 2000 years ago and by clearing dense jungles they constructed vast pyramids using millions of mud bricks and managed extensive aqueducts and agricultural irrigation systems. Famous Moche Pottery A 2015 Ancient Origins article describes discoveries made inside Moche tombs which contain highly detailed murals and ceramics depicting fighting, hunting and sacrificial ceremonies, not to mention some of the most explicit sexual