In 2005, a group of archeologists led by Régulo Franco Jordán discovered a burial chamber 2.5 meters under the Northwest patio of the Huaca Cao Viejo (part of the El Brujo Complex), located in the Chicama Valley, Peru. The chamber contained the mummy of a tattooed woman dating from approximately 450 AD, who is now referred to as “the Lady of Cao.” This discovery was unprecedented in Moche archeology, given that the mummy was exceptionally well preserved and that it was the first time such a rich burial was found for a woman. The opulence of the offerings, comparable to those of the Lord of Sipán, indicates that the Lady of Cao was of extremely high rank. However, her identity and exact role in Moche society are still a mystery to specialists. The main theory, supported by Franco Jordán, among others, proposes that she was not only a ruler and but also a seer and curadora (healer) based on the motifs of her tattoos and some of the objects found inside the mummy bundle. A consideration of other examples of tattoos (in archeological as well as artistic evidence), of representations of curanderas in pottery, and of the context in which the body was found indicates that this theory is not entirely convincing. The existing evidence is in fact largely inconclusive, lending itself to alternative possible interpretations.