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This week artifacts from the tombs go on display in New York City's American Museum of Natural History, along with a full-size reproduction of the burial site of a ruler called the Warrior Priest, or the Lord of Sipan. The wealth of information gained from the tombs' contents outshines the dazzling finds. Says archaeologist Walter Alva, director of the Museo Nacional Bruning de Lambayeque, who has overseen the excavation since the first days: "Sipan's importance for science transcends the glitter of the gold...
Alva believes that he is close to finding a fourth burial site and that the next 10 years will see even greater revelations. Archaeologists are finding clues about the life of ordinary people by uncovering foundations of houses, determining their size and the location of doors and hearths. In 1995, after completing a tour of five American museums, the contents of the royal tombs will go on permanent display in the Bruning museum, where a specially constructed $800,000 wing will be financed partly by proceeds from the U.S. tour. It is not inconceivable that Sipan will someday rival Machu...
...Private burial will take place tomorrow at Mt. Auburn Cemetery. A Harvard memorial service will be held on May 19 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Church...
Nunsense. Indefinite run. This Off Broadway musical revue has the Little Sisters of Hoboken putting on a talent show to finance the burial of 52 of their number inadvertently poisoned by the convent chef. Theatre Lobby, 216 Hanover St., Boston. Call 931-2000 for tickets and more information...
...children in abuse prosecutions. The most successful thing in the Whitney show is a reworking of Man Ray's famous Surrealist object, the wrapped-up sewing machine. Entitled Lumpenprole, it is a room-size afghan rug with (what else?) lumps, the size of children's bodies, beneath it. A burial shroud? A metaphor of silencing, muffling, the defeat of speech? Any of the above, or all, depending on your preference...