Batan Grande or Sican Archeological Site

Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary (Santuario Histórico Bosque de Pómac), is an area of protected algarrobo trees that cover the grounds of Batan Grande, an old sugar cane farm where the Sicán archeological ruins are located.  Admire the dozens of ancient pyramids built by the Sicán people, who inhabited this region from around 750 to 1300 AD, after the Moche people. Learn about the amazing discovery in 1992 of an ancient tomb that held an important member of Sicán society. Inside the tomb, archeologists found an enormous amount of masks, crowns, bracelets, weapons, armor and other precious metals and jewelry, most of which now resides at the National Museum of Sicán. Notable among these structures is the tomb known as «The Window,» where archaeologists discovered beautiful metalwork such as the famous Tumi of gold, a ceremonial knife. At its peak, the Sicán Culture came to dominate the greater part of the northern Peruvian coast. Its settlers were skilled metalworkers who crafted elaborate works from such diverse materials as gold, arsenical copper (an alloy of copper and arsenic), and tumbaga (a low-carat alloy of gold, silver, copper, and arsenic).