Remembering other ways of inhabiting power
A journey through Peru’s northern coast to encounter the stories of rulers, priestesses, healers and women who embodied different forms of leadership, spirituality and power—and to allow those stories to open questions about our own relationship to the feminine.
Purpose
This journey is not only about visiting archaeological sites. We move through territories where women in ancient Peru held meaningful spaces of leadership, authority, spirituality, healing, ceremonial life and community.
What does power mean to me?
From where do I lead?
Which dimensions of the feminine have I integrated—and which have I left behind?
What can these stories awaken in our own lives?
The route
Day by day
Chan Chan · Chan Chan Museum · Huanchaco · Huacas del Sol y de la Luna
Understand the cultural context of Peru’s northern coast and introduce the first expressions of feminine authority, spirituality and presence. Group welcome, Maritza’s introduction, historical context and a first reflection space.
El Brujo Archaeological Complex · Huaca Cao · Cao Museum · Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum
Explore leadership, authority, ceremonial life, archaeological evidence and historical interpretations. Central question: what changes when we discover that a woman may have occupied spaces of great authority in the Mochica world?
National Sicán Museum · Bosque de Pómac · Huaca El Loro · Huaca Las Ventanas · Túcume Museum · Túcume Pyramids
The Noble Healer of Pómac, priestesses, weavers, spirituality, healing and feminine knowledge. Close the day with journaling or a group conversation.
Brüning Museum · Chotuna–Chornancap, subject to opening · transfer to Chiclayo
Explore different manifestations of feminine leadership and the position of elite women within Lambayeque culture.
Witches’ Market of Chiclayo · integration space · journaling · closing conversation · return to Lima
Closing question: what does feminine power mean to me after this journey?
Our guide
Maritza Villavicencio
Maritza Villavicencio is a historian who accompanies this experience through a perspective grounded in the cultures of ancient Peru and in the stories of women whose presence expands our understanding of leadership, spirituality and power in the pre-Hispanic world.
Meet MaritzaWho is this for?
You want to discover other narratives about women in ancient Peru.
You are interested in history and archaeology.
You are exploring your relationship with the feminine.
You are interested in different forms of leadership.
You value traveling with cultural depth.
You seek to combine travel, reflection and territory
Next step
Leave us your details and choose how you’d like to continue.
The path continues
After moving through the feminine stories of Peru’s northern coast, on April 28 we open a new path toward Cusco, the Apus and Machu Picchu alongside Nilo.
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