I want to tell you about a grave in Peru. I shared this story with you about ten years ago when a grave of a warrior priest was discovered near the pyramids of the ancient Moche Indians.
The Moche Indians preceded the Incas in Peru. Their graves have yielded a treasure trove of artifacts, and a thriving black market for the residents in that isolated, northern part of Peru. The inhabitants up there regularly loot the graves and sell the artifacts to collectors.
The government decided to crack down on the black market, and it was during a raid on a house in the Lambayaque Valley that the police discovered the other grave. They surrounded the house of the man they suspected of looting graves. A shot was fired, then a gun fight, and the man was killed. They went in the house and discovered …