Ceramic vessels and other offerings surround the grave of the elite 14th-century executioner.
The tomb found in the newfound complex has three levels. In the third, underground level–difficult to photograph and so represented here by an illustration—women's skeletons were found in groups.
"DNA tests being run [in] the United States will determine if they all belong to the same family," which could lead to new understanding of the ancient practices at the site, dig leader La Torre said in January 2010.
Already the temple-complex discovery is shedding new light on the ancient Lambayeque people, whose descendants still live in Peru, and on Naylamp himself.