Wari: Lords of the Ancient AndesFeaturing approximately 145 of the most sumptuous and culturally significant Wari objects from collections in the United States, Peru, and Europe, and published to accompany the first exhibition in North America of their startlingly beautiful art An eminent ancestor of the better known Inca, the Wari ascended to power in the south central highlands of Peru in about AD 600, underwent a brief period of incandescently explosive growth, and then, by AD